At 17:40 4/17/2000, Riley Kettner wrote:
>Today, after reading the fridge postings, i turned on the propane under my
>van.
>Immedieately i began to hear a hissing noice of running propane.
>At the same time i smelt gas.

Your regulator has died.  It was a Marshall Brass 260, but they don't make
it anymore.  You need a Marshall Brass 290 with weather covers (2 snap-on
covers) and and excess-flow POL fitting.  If you want you can use the POL
fitting from your old regulator.

The 290 is a couple inches longer than the 260, so you have to carefully
bend the tubes coming from the interior to accommodate the extra length.

Oh yeah -- POL fittings are left-hand thread.  Excess-flow means it will
shut off if too much gas goes through, as it might in an accident.

Cost around $25-30 USD for parts, get them at RV dealer or propane
place.  Either one will put them in if you need them to.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"