At 06:10 PM 2/18/2003, Steve Delanty wrote:
>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!

Ouch.

>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?

The usual thing to do is to use the Marshall Brass 290 which replaces the
260 (the square one).  If you're careful you can bend the copper lines
enough to fit without crimping them.  The 290 comes in two forms,
difference being which direction the vent on the low-pressure stage
points.  Your choices are forward (bad IMO) and up (or down if you're
willing to have the adjusting nut inaccessible.  Covers are individual
snap-ons for the hp and lp sides.  Can get with or without
excess-flow-preventing POL fitting installed -- for the difference in price
I recommend the new one rather than transferring the one from your old
regulator.

david

>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...???

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