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Subject:Re: Westy fridge clinic tomorrow, SoCal
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:04:26 -0700

FWIW I have posted several pictures of my fridge & burner R&R at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vanagonlist/my_photos

and my post as to what I did to fix my fridge is at:

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0308D&L=vanagon&P=R16178

my post on Sink, Stove removal is at:

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9909A&L=vanagon&P=R12789

Don't know is this helps anyone, but if it does, good.  Malcolm

--- Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:

> Tomorrow I will be taking out one or more of my Westy fridges for a
> thorough servicing. I invite other Socal Westy owners with fridges that
> work poorly or that may need burner chamber cleaning to come over and do
> theirs too.  It is not as hard as people fear and can turn what some use
> as a storage cabinet back into a real fridge.I have done this to many
> Westys with fridges that don't work well. Usually a cleaning takes care
> of the problems or at least greatly improves the propane operation. We
> will also check that the propane pressure regulators are set to the
> proper pressure. This is one cause for Westy fridges that won't cool
> well on propane. We will also test the temp switch that runs the fridge
> fan. The fan must cycle on and off or cooling will be meager on warm days.
>
> Anyone interested, we start at 10 am. Let me know by p-mail and I will
> give directions.
>
> Mark
> Oceanside
>

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