You can make your own gauge.

First off: if you are stupid, and think that you should play with your propane in an enclosed garage, or while you are smoking... And if then you will want to sue me when you turn your neighborhood into Krakatau , read this, www.bulley-hewlett.com/page19.html as it applies to the post that follows:

Making a Bernoulli gauge is easy to do, a little tricky to explain....

You will need about 3' of clear plastic 1/2" ID tubing. About 5" from one end, you mark a scale on it 0"-11", with 11" closest to the short end, and 0 closest to the middle of the tube

You disconnect the two copper propane lines under the van from the regulator assembly. You connect the end farthest from your scale of the plastic tube to one of the bare fittings on the regulator...if you got 1/2" ID tubing, it will fit snugly without any clamp. Now the tricky part to explain...as if the preceding where a breeze...

You make a "U" shape out of the tube, with the 0-11 scale you marked on the left leg of the U, and the right leg of the U attached to the regulator. You fill the U with enough water that the base of the meniscus (the waterline) comes to 5.5", filling the bottom of the U.

You turn on the gas, and plug the open regulator port with a spare finger(since there are two ports). The gas will push the water up the left leg of the tube...hopefully EXACTLY 11".

If it isn't exactly 11" you can adjust the regulator by unscrewing the plastic cover and screwing the adjustment knob in or out a bit with the gas on, and your gauge hooked up.

Again, it is a relatively complicated explanation, but a VERY simple process.

G. Matthew Bulley Director Bulley-Hewlett & Associates www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message----- From: Groff, Montgomery [SMTP:Montgomery.Groff@ECHOSTAR.COM] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 6:26 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: More fridge help needed.

Thanks to all who responded to my earlier post.

I have now completed a more thorough evaluation of all propane related fridge parts and it's still not cooling. The only remaining test is the gas pressure. Since I don't have a gauge, does anyone know of a good propane mechanic in the Denver area? Or, where can I get a gauge to test the pressure myself?

Thanks Monty '89 Westy '62 Sunroof Bug