actually, i believe tragedy has been averted...yes i've had offers since posting of other dead dometics from which to obtain the needed parts. i love this community! thank you to all for your helpful assistance. as an aside, the gentleman who is working on the fridge told me that the part was "unobtainable." he said he'd spent quite a bit of time calling around trying to find the part and people just laughed at him. obviously, he was not asking the right people! lanni mcneely4@cox.net wrote: > ---- Lanni <lanni.johnson@FRONTIER.COM> wrote: > >> hello all, >> i'm feeling sad as our dometic fridge has been declared doa due to an >> enlarged gas jet in the combustion chamber. the kind man who diagnosed >> the problem said that we can still use it on electricity, but it would >> be dangerous to use the gas. >> >> so...i'm asking on all the westfalia sites i know if anyone has any >> ideas/suggestions? >> > > Cannot the gas jet be replaced? If new parts are not available, there must be lots of Dometics around that are dead for other reasons, but have perfectly fine gas jets. > > mcneely > > |
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