That's a little lucite rod that acts as a light pipe -- it points at a
glass window in the firebox, no physical connection.  Seal the hole with
tape or whatever until you're ready to deal with it -- the light on the LED
panel will tell you if the flame is burning.

david

At 12:05 AM 4/16/2001, Chris Knust wrote:
>the fridge in my 87 Westy has a small hole in the lower left corner inside
>the storage compartment, through which the pilot flame should be seen when
>firing up the fridge. The hole was covered with dust and when I tried to
>clean it with a toothpick the transparent cover of the hole retreated behind
>the plastic of the fridge. Now - what is that? I have owned a variety of
>motorhome refridgerators, but all the pilot flame holes were covered in a way
>which would not allow the screen (or whatever you want to call it) to slip
>behind the housing, since they sealed the gas burner off. I do know (thanks
>to Bentley ;-) how to remove the frigde, but what do I have to expect if I
>do? Does it make sense to remove it - is this a bug I really can repair or is
>this a feature??

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"