I have observed that in trying to get it lit that it tends to go too rich
rather than too lean to light.  (Maybe this only applies to my particular
fridge???)  It took me a year or more to come to this realization.  I
believe this is why people find blowing air in the drain tube helps on
lighting.  The thing that tipped me off was that upon removing the drain
tube plug and pushing the button that turns the gas on, I could start to
smell propane at the drain tube pretty quick.  And quite strong too.  The
other thing that clued me in was that after it was too rich I would wait
and periodically hit the ignitor.  At some point I would get a big pop, and
see a bit of orange flame shoot out the drain tube, and see it flash in the
sight glass.  In the early days of trying to light the thing I would hold
the gas button a few seconds before even trying the ignitor.  It would go
too rich and not light.  Now I start hitting the ignitor as soon as I press
the gas button, and it works much better at lighting.

The other thing that I did while I had the fridge out recently was to seal
up all air leaks in the combustion loop.  To find them, I had a lovely
assistant wrap her lips around the exhaust vent and blow.  This after
blocking off the air intake, drain tube and air pump openings.  Then I went
with soapy water and found a few leaks on the combustion chamber
itself.  Sealed them up with high temp silicon.

Edward

At 04:15 PM 3/8/2003, you wrote:
>Michael Bertin asked:
>
><< I can't get the refrigerator to work on propane in my '84 Westy....Can
>anyone explain to me what I should be doing to fix the probem or
>troubleshoot. Would I have to take the refrigerator out of it's place and
>is it difficult to take it out? >>
>
>    You do know that the easiest way to get a Westy fridge to light on
>propane is to let it  start cooling first using either the 110 volt or 12
>volt settings, right?  Assuming you tried that and it still wouldn't
>start, before you go through all the trouble of removing the box, (it
>ain't difficult, but it's a pain) try this: