Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Westy fridge clinic tomorrow, SoCal
From:Vince S
Date:Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:31:52 -0700

Malcolm,

Nice work on the Syncro repaint. Very big project I see. What's up with
the Solex. This is the first photo of carburetor I seen in years except
the miniature cab on my 34cc Honda generator. You know people drive fuel
injection cars nowadays? Carburetor vehicle nearly all but extinct.

- Vince

http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
1989 Vanagon GL Camper
1993 Mazda Miata
1996 Land Rover Discovery
2005 Mini Cooper S (almost here)

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Malcolm Stebbins
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Westy fridge clinic tomorrow, SoCal

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
>

__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail