Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:15:32 -0500
Reply-To: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Some dometic notes
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The only thing that has allowed my fridge to blow out under way has been flue misalignment. The one exception was driving through a thunderstorm on the Gulf of Mexico so violent that it killed 8 sailors nearby at the same time. I had to remove the stove and found leaves blocking the inlet down deep just above the fire box. I am not likely to experience such a thing again, hopefully. That was the last time it blew out, many thousands of miles ago.
Jim
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> On Jun 30, 2019 at 2:40 PM, <Alistair Bell (mailto:albell@shaw.ca)> wrote:
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> I kinda doubt the o ring seal would be an issue. But it’s funny how some of us have little issues with fridge blowing out and others do.
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> I have seen kn some vans, the black rubber, the big one, seal not sitting tight to body. That’s more of water etc ingress problem, but mine lies flat and I’ve struggled with other vans getting the same nice tight fit.
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> Alistair
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> > On Jun 30, 2019, at 12:16 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Thats useful to know; I'm sure I wasn't the only owner-operator to
> > have misaligned the intake and exhaust tubes a little during fridge
> > removal, re install.
> >
> > The other part to that equation is the O rings that seal the
> > corrugated intake and exhaust tubes to the (aluminum?) manifold. It
> > was likely a needless thing to do, i.e. the OE rings might well have
> > been fine, but I installed new Viton O rings on those corrugated pipes
> > but was never absolutely certain they were butting right up against
> > the lip inside each opening at the manifold. I measured things with a
> > set of callipers but.....
> >
> > Image of manifold "lip"
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> > https://tinyurl.com/y4trgtb5
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> > Neil.
> >
> >> On 6/30/19, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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> >> One thing about the exhaust, apart from having good gasket and seal, there
> >> is enough meat on the metal to re tap next simple up, for the machine screws
> >> that hold the exhaust and intake ends onto the stainless vent assembly.
> >>
> >> Those screw holes can get wallowed out.
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> >
> > --
> > Neil n
> >
> > VE7TBN
> >
> > 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt
> >
> > 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8
> >
> > VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
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