Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:06:24 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Egg on face
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Hi Dennis,
I don't disagree that she should have seen to it that all was fine, but
the valve was more than finger tight when she was done (she touched it
up with pliers herself), the location is noisy so even a great big leak
would go unheard, and the smell of propane's odorant is so strong after
a fill that no one could have smelled it.* So with all that, I don't
fault her. It's just a gas station with a propane filling rig, not a
dedicated propane facility.
That the valve needs quite forceful tightening to fully close is in
agreement with your suggestion that cleaning and lubing is in order.
Anyone know how to do this?
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* Contrast this with me sitting around on my big fat white butt for
several days camping, where it is quiet and smells of conifers and
wildflowers, whiffing propane and being too lazy to spend time seeking
the cause.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR
Dennis Haynes typed:
> The propane jockey should have checked a little better to make sure all
> was tight and secure. The valve needs to be cleaned and lubed so it can be
> tightened with fingers, not pliers.
>
> Glad the problem is solved without incident.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 6:24 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Egg on face (was: whiff of propane)
>
> Propane jockey hadn't fully closed the auto-stop's bleeder valve when
> she filled it the last time. A touch with a pair of pliers, and the
> propane smell is gone.
>
> I could blame her, she is supposed to know what she's doing, but this is
> an old valve and I have chosen to drive about in an old vehicle. What
> does Bob Hoover say? "You're the mechanic in charge."
>
> --
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
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