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You should be able to get the manual valve parts at any decent RV or propane supplier for the same or maybe less money. I converted our `87 Westy's tank last summer for less than $50.00 and that was in Alaska where we pay more for shipping. Not trying to divert business from a former list member, just offering that there probably is a local alternative for most list members. Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 7:24 pm Subject: Re: Stuck propane Valve To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Jonce Fancher wrote: > <snip> > can they be rebuilt and are kits avail? > <snip> > > Jonce, > > The '85s came with an auto stop valve. They are known to be > problematic. If the valve body is aluminum they are not > rebuildable ... > only the brass bodied ones can be rebuilt and I'm not sure just how > available those rebuild kits are. > > An alternative is to replace the auto stop valve with a manual > valve and > bleeder. An ex list member has new manual valve/bleeder kits for > sale: > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=426729 > > Mike > |
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