Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:22:57 -0300
Reply-To: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM>
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From: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Egg on face
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Oh! Oh!
Lubing anything with a petroleum product where propane is
concerned is a no no.
Unfortunately, I cannot recall what my welding course taught me to
correct that other than a new valve. Sorry!
David
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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?
>
>-------
>* 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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