Date:         Wed, 4 May 2011 12:47:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Changing the propane regulator -#2
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2011050414573589@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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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