Thanks everyone for the great responses.  Here's an update.  I checked out
what everyone told me about and then ran down to the local LP gas
distributor.  When he hooked the hose up, the regulator started leaking out of
a small hole near the bottom.  Looks like I may need a new regulator, or
perhaps to rebuild this one?

TTYL,
Marc Perdue

Stephen Arbaugh wrote:

> Ok, you've probably gotten lotsa responses, so make sure all valves are
> on/open, at the tank and at the stove. pretty simple, if it doesn't work
> and you put propane in the tank and still no light, then you get to figger
> out whether it's the regulator, or a clog in a pipe somewhere, or what...
>
> The key thing is for taking the burners themselves apart for cleaning and
> figuring out why they don't light. Sounds like now is a great time to put
> it to use.
>
> steve
> '85 westy
> kent, wa
>
> At 01:21 AM 05/29/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >And now, from the Department of Silly Questions, from someone who
> >usually has a keen grasp of the obvious:
> >
> >I was trying to check out all the camping equipment prior to going to a
> >festival this coming weekend, and I encountered a couple of
> >difficulties.  Keep in mind that I only just drove one of these
> >behemoths for the first time on Thursday before you start laughing at
> >me.
> >
> >I turned on the valve to the propane tank in hopes of firing up the
> >stove burners and then firing up the fridge.  Hmm, small problem . . .
> >there aren't any instructions in the manual about how to actually fire
> >the stove up!  I mean, normally when you fire up a gas stove, you turn
> >the knob, light a match (or pilot lights it) and poof, you're up and
> >running, right?  I've assumed that the little white dot means off, that
> >you turn the knob counter-clockwise to the first flame (the big one),
> >that you then hold a match to it and it should light.  Is this the
> >correct procedure?  If so, then I may be out of propane.  If not, what
> >is the correct procedure?
> >
> >Next, while cleaning the van, I found an odd piece of galvanized metal
> >that looks like a key for a wind up toy.  Upon further investigation, I
> >found that the two prongs on the end of the "key" fit onto the burners
> >of the stove and enable one to turn them.  There are also the letters A
> >& B on this turning part of the burner.  What, pray tell, is the purpose
> >of this?
> >
> >Thanks one and all,
> >Marc Perdue