Date:         Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:54:52 -0400
Reply-To:     neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: LP tank refurb? Was: LP tank service near San Francisco?
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
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--- JordanVw@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/20/06 8:34:14 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> goofymuso@YAHOO.CA writes:
>
>
> > . An indicator that a new tank
> > needed. Or so I was told.
> >
> > Since I'm a bit of a Cheap-A**, can a rusty LP
> tank
> > (dep. on cond.) be cleaned, checked, repainted and
> > used safely? Or is this risky? i.e. it could soon
> leak
> > where rust made metal too thin, leak at the
> threads
> > and/or a part could pop off due to LP pressure and
> > mega rust. (please forgive my ignorance on that
> last
> > idea!)
> >
> > My gut says "new tank + valves/reg", as I don't
> want
> > to wait for a leak to occur. But if I can *safely*
> > save some bucks, then all the better.
> >
> >
> "or so i was told"   by who?  someone who wants you
> to buy a new tank for
> $350?  a fellow califonian who's scared off by
> alittle scaly surface rust?


Yah, if I recall it was an RV/propane guy who said it
needed replacing. Makes sense. He wants to make money.

Good to hear positive responses re: refurb. Now I am
sure I can do the job. I didn't know just how
thick/sturdy this LP tank is.

Thanks!




Neil Nicholson.
1981 air cooled Westfalia.
Cheap-o web site:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/tubanick/welcomewesty.html

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