Date:         Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:35:32 PST
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <transporter99@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <transporter99@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: propane valve?
Comments: To: rslist@SDII.COM
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>At 10:07 AM 1999-02-26 -0600, Joseph Seitz opined:
>I just had this problem when I got my new syncro and had the LP tank
>filled. After I pulled out and ran an errand or two I smelled gas. I
took
>it back to my local RV place (Also one of the rare Dometic master
service
>offices!), and
>they rebuilt my fill valve with new rubber O-rings (there looked to be
>about 3 or 4, of different sizes) for about $100.
>
>Apparently that style of fill valve is relatively difficult to find
these
>days, so they made a special effort to refurbish it, rather than trying
to
>get a new one, and it worked out o.k.

You must be talking about the auto-stop valve, not the fill valve. The
fill valve on these tanks is a standard part and can be easily obtained
at any propane supply shop. I think I paid less than $30 for a new one
last summer. The auto-stop valve is indeed no longer manufactured but is
rebuildable with a kit available from Euro-American RV (formerly Delta
6), the original supplier of many Westy parts.

MM

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