You think that's bad. Try showing up with an auto-stop valves used on
the late model westies. Some places won't even fill them. They are
always mumbling these things are junk under the breath. The guy I go to
puts just a wee bit of LP into the tank then sprays this leak stuff
EVERYWHERE and I mean everywhere. Then only after that will he fill. I
liken the experience to going to the doctors and waiting for the news
for the good or bad news. When its all done I need to clean the whole
side of the van from the leak junk.

JFF

On Oct 12, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Don Williams wrote:

Ah yes, the propane bleed screw problem.

I must relate my experience filling my propane tank.  The attendant
couldn't get the bleed screw to work and couldn't get the attachment to
work.  At any rate the entire parking area around the tank was covered
with
this white fog of propane.  I have no sense of the dynamics of  what it
takes to cause an explosion but it was pretty freaky and i couldn't
extricate myself from it.  Propane just kept  billowing out, and I just
thought to myself that it was going to blow.    I didn't want to start
the
engine  because I thought that it might provide the spark that lit the
whole thing, but I didn't want to stay there either.  The attendant
didn't
seem to excited about it, and I just sort of rode it out.  I would like
to
know what I can do about that not happening again.  They always swear
at me
concerning the bleed screw and I never know whether it is all bleed
screws
on all Westfalias, or whether it is MY bleed screw only.

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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:20:40 -0700
From: Preston Grimes <87westy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: LP fill in Berkeley?
It's in Richmond, but not that far from North Berkeley.
Allied Propane Service
5000 Seaport Ave, Richmond, CA 94804 -
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(510)
237-7077
It's near the Richmond Costco off 580. Take the next exit following the
costco exit. You can't miss it.
They even repaired my Westy's tank's fill valve one time. It's a big
propane outfit. I've only had good experiences with them.
PG
On 10/11/05, Michael Diehr <md03@xochi.com> wrote:
 >
 > Can anyone recommend a place to get LP filled around Berkeley CA?
 > Maybe I have bad luck, but it seems like about 1/2 the places I've
 > tried to get it filled either don't have the right connector, think
 > they don't have the right connector, or the guy/gal can't seem to
 > understand how the bleed screw works.
 >
 > Don't care about price, just want somewhere with competent employees.
 >
 > 85 Westy
 > Thx!