Date:         Sun, 4 Jul 1999 19:12:52 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: 90 Westy fridge/stove getting no gas.
Comments: To: Ian Webb <ianwebb@RBNET.COM>
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At 14:08 7/4/99 -0400, Ian Webb wrote:
>came out.  So I figure that maybe spiders have gotten down in my gas
>lines and clogged them up.  Does this sound like a reasonable guess?

I don't think it is, no.

>is the best way to go about cleaning them out?  How about other ways of
>diagnosing the problem?

Locate it first.

1) Is the valve at the tank open?
2) Shut the valve and take off one of the two copper lines coming off the
regulator.  Open the valve and check for gas coming out.  Shut the valve.
3) If no gas, loosen the (left-hand-thread) POL fitting where the regulator
screws into the valve.  Very gently crack the valve open.  If you have gas
there, then the regulator is bad.  If you don't, either the valve has
failed shut or the tank really is empty.  Shut the valve.
4) If you *do* have gas in step two, make sure the valve is shut, reconnect
the line coming from the regulator, then go into the cupboard under the
sink and disconnect the fitting you can see in there.  Get *someone else*
to briefly open the tank valve.  If no gas, your tube is crimped
somewhere.  If gas, then the problem is in the stove.

If I was to guess, I'd guess the regulator.

This should get you started, I hope.

david


>Thanks!
>ian
>--
>
>Ian Webb
>ianwebb@rbnet.com

David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net