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Date:         Thu, 5 May 2011 08:47:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Changing the propane regulator -#2
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2011050415492449@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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It's always something...

Dan Los Angeles, CA '85 Westy Weekender

On May 4, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Rob wrote:

> I was putting away the tools and saw I'd forgotten something, the > skid plate. I took it off yesterday when I started (13mm nut & bolt > each side, not even a minute to get it off) and put it in the garage > when I saw what time it was so it was not on this morning when I > changed the regulator. > The 2 way splitter is now reversed from the way it was before (top & > bottom lines) so the skid plate fwd hole does not line up... Need to > redo the lines & splitter or redrill the hole. > > Rob > > > At 5/4/2011 11:57 AM, Rob wrote: >> This is on an '84 Westy. >> I just changed the propane tank regulator, ordered it from Gowesty, >> shipped the next day pri mail and arrived in good shape. >> >> Took just 40 min to put the new one on including leak checking the >> fittings (& gathering the correct tools) >> 7/8" for the reverse thread fitting into the tank, 13/16" for the >> line fittings (I did use a crows foot for the upper fitting but I >> could have bent the lower tube out of the way to get it with the >> wrench) to the 2 way splitter that screwed into the regulator >> (tapered thread). >> I used 2 wrenches (just like you bend brake lines) to rebend the >> copper tubing as the new regulator is longer that the old one. >> A small squirt of dish soap mixed with a little water & a paint brush >> to leak check all 4 propane connections and I'm done. >> >> I thought about photos after I was done.... >> >> >> >> >> Rob >> >> becida@comcast.net >> Western Washington State, USA


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