At 08:28 PM 1/17/2003, Baja Leo wrote:
>Just installed a new Marshall 290 regulator as the old one was
>disentegrating. I also got the plastic covers for it from Camping World.
>They snap right on, but the screen covered opening on the regulator is
>exposed and facing the front of the van and it looks as though debris from
>the left front tire could find it's way in. Should this screen be
>protected from a direct assault of mud etc.? Anybody encountered this
>situation?

They make two versions of that regulator -- with one of them the vent
points forward, and with the other it points up (unless you rotate the
regulator so the adjusting screw is hidden).  The vent definitely must be
kept clear (as must the tiny hole somewhere in the first-stage section).  I
used the up-pointing version, and used aluminum body tape to tape over the
end of the cover so things couldnt' drop on it directly from above.  Might
make sense to do something similar with the forward-pointing one.  That
said, the single mudflap seems to keep things remarkably clean in that area.

david

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