Greetings all,

My sweetie and I just bought a 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia last thursday.
We took it for a nice 3 day weekend camping trip to the redwoods and had
a great time!

While we were in the campsite Laura said she could smell a faint stink of
propane.
At first I just figured it was just the beer and chili I had for lunch, but
later I got a whiff
too and decided it really was propane and not me...

It didn't take long to trace the smell to the propane regulator, which was
leaking
a small amount from the vent hole. Rats....

So, today I've done a small bit of web searching and the only replacement
regulator
I find is from the Bus Boys for $100. Accck!

I hunted some RV websites and found a Marshall 290 2-stage regulator that looks
functionally equivalent, but the dimensions on it are quite a bit larger
than the origional
regulator. It's also 1/5 the price.

Sooo.... the question is, what do you folks do for replacement regulators?
Spend the $100 for an original style one?
Get a generic 2-stage for $20 and make it fit? (modify the hard lines and
the regulator cover)
Or...???

Thanks much for any good advise you can steer my way...
We'd like to take it out on the road again this weekend, and it sure would
be nice if
the fridge worked! (-:

Cheers,
  Steve D.