Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:33:44 -0500
Reply-To: rrecardo@WEBTV.NET
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Robert Cardo <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET>
Subject: Re: auto stop valve rebuild
In-Reply-To: Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>'s message of Fri, 14 Oct
2005 17:15:32 -0400
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<<Now understand that I don't care if you do this BUT any dealer in the
US that takes an auto stop valve off and replaces it with the older
style vales and bleeder is breaking the law.>>
Who's breaking the law?
The dealer who swaps a defective valve with a new manual valve, and
bleeder?
As long as the tank pressure tests OK there is no law broken.
The manual valve fits perfect.
Now, I if I mambo on in to a RV parts counter and buy a manual valve,
and bleeder and swap the jumk aluminum non-repairable ato stop
valve--I'm braking the law?
What law?
The propane valve changing law?
No such thing.
Actually I'm doing the populace a service by disposing of the defective
auto stop garbage, and updating to a valve that actually works.
<<When they stopped making the auto-stop valve and moved to the newer
style tank no provision was given by the rail road commission who
oversee the use of propane to do this.>>
I thought the inland waterway management agency, and / or the Northern
Pike manifistation board regulated the use of autostop valves and
propane use.
The RR commission----
<<< I may be wording this wrong but if you call manchester and talk with
them they will tell you all about it. That said proceed at your own
risk. I'm not one to do things because it's law I just like to know when
I'm breaking it. ;-) >>
I talked to Manchester years ago about this problem.
They didn't make the valve at all.
They simply bought out the outfit that did, and it just so happened that
Westfalia was uning their tanks with this junk valve hunk on it.
So when the valves went bad, they get all the phone calls.
They turned me onto a real nice guy in Colorado, who does nothing but
service, and sell RV propane equipment.
I asked what was wrong with converting from the stick non-filling
autostop valve, and he turned me onto the manual set up.
And told me it was a perfect fix.
What does he know?
Probably not much.
But he is in the RV propane business, and I figured that he know's more
than most, and the valve set up he sent me not only fit perfect, but
works as it is supposed to.
Absolutley flawless in performance.
Now Joe--give me a legit written valve changing statute from somewhere.
