Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 00:45:36 -0400
Reply-To: "Joseph J. Liasse" <jliasse@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "Joseph J. Liasse" <jliasse@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: Westy fridge on propane
If you have the "box shaped" regulator forget it, Baring pure luck you
will not find a replacement for it. I tried for weeks; making zillions of
calls. No luck. They havent been made in years and the supply is exhausted.
But no sweat. the "Figure Eight" regulators work just fine and can be
installed by bending the tubing just a little (be careful not to kink it).
You should be able to pick up one in any RV supply place.
There are two flavors. The "body" of the rwo is identical; the only
difference being a fitting on the end of one that is not on the other (you
will see what I mean when you go). If you have the same setup I do you
already have the fitting and it is perfectly replacable.
While you are there get some Tefelon Tape (available at the same place
and is a buck or so a roll) and wrap the threads with the tape before
screwing it on.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Mellor <roym@ARISTOTLE.NET>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 6:41 PM
Subject: Westy fridge on propane
>Encouraged by many listees who reported much colder temps in their
>Dometic fidges when using propane than mine (50F) I decided to tackle a
>pull-it-out and clean-it-out project.
>
>Using the Bentley and Dometic manuals as guides I was amazed how easy it
>actually was. Four hours later (I work slowly) it had all been removed,
>cleaned out and replaced in my '85 Westy.
>
>The only obvious problem was hair in the fan that was easily removed
>after pulling the fan blade off its shaft (It's lots quieter now).
>
>I took everthing apart that I reasonably could and blasted it all with
>compressed air. The burner and jet didn't look too bad, but I cleaned
>them up real good anyways.
>
>This story doesn't have a happy ending. The fridge doesn't cool any
>better :( still 50F on maximum setting. While doing all this I did
>notice that the two stage regulator off the tank has a slight leak.
>Could that be part of the problem?
>
>Any help would be appreciated. Also, has anyone found a good source for
>the two stage regulator? I will probably end up removing the whole
>tank, cleaning and painting it.
>
>TIA
>
>Roy Mellor
>Little Rock, AR
>85' Westy "Humbert"
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