Date:         Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:48:31 +0000
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Westy propane tank fill valve fix
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Thanks to everyone who replied when I reported my fill valve gave out on
the way to DC last week. Since it was so cold (15 the first night) and I
had my ten-year-old grandson with me and we were on a schedule to see the
Smithsonian museums, I forewent any attempt to make a repair on the road or
put the camper in a shop somewhere along the way. We checked into a hotel
in Falls Church.

Thanks to the help on this list, I knew what to ask for and where to get it
so I had no trouble finding a fill valve and, for good measure, a new bleed
valve on my return home. I installed those early this morning and went out
for a fill at lunch, expecting possible trouble because Stewart had
mentioned that, because the replacement valves are shorter than the
original by an inch and a half or so, there was interference with the fill
valve and it hit the body of the car and needed an extender.

I did not have any such problem, BUT I have not put the stone guard on the
bottom of the tank yet. I left it off mainly because until I got a little
propane in the tank, I  didn't know if there were leaks or not.
Fortunately, there were not and it filled right up with 3.32 gallons of
propane.

So, should I expect interference when the stone guard goes on? If so there
is a very nice brass extension available locally for $104 but obviously I
don't want to buy it if I don't need it.

Jim