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Subject:Re: Un-Sealing propane tank fittings...
From:Tim Demarest
Date:Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:01:04 -0500

OK, thanks... compression fittings at the regulator... Looks like they
really are stuck, so anyone have suggestions for getting them loose?

At 07:04 PM 11/19/2003 -0800, Jim Arnott wrote:
>Spud nut at the shutoff valve? Left hand threads. Compression fittings
>at the regulator? Right hand threads.
>
>Jim
>
>Tim Demarest wrote:
>
>>         ummm... that would be insulting my lack of knowledge, not my
>>intelligence... and you don't seem awfully sure yourself. ;-)
>>
>>         Anyone with direct experience who can tell me if these are
>>left-hand thread? these are the copper-line fittings right at the propane
>>tank, on an '85 Westy.