

| Subject: | Re: Westy Dometic Fridge problem |
| From: | Doug Alcock |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:16:12 -0500 |
Hey Frank --- this is horrible news, how are you gonna keep the cerveza cold. Did you burp the fridge when you took it out in Novemeber? That's the only thing I can think of that might help. Good Luck, Doug On 2/20/06, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 2/20/2006 5:48:54 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > You may want to check the gas jet when you get a chance to take out the > fridge. A year [ 25 hours of use? ] after I had reinstalled my fridge > [ temp gauge installation and burn chamber clean out ] > > It stopped getting cold [ if it lit...] > > So I grudgingly took it all out again > > [ takes 1/2 the time the 3rd time round! :O( ] > > And found a new-formed carbon wad right on the gas jet > > I am not sure if there is such a thing as cruddy propane but > > I had no other explanation. - After clean out and reinstall.. > > Fridge was back to normal. > > > > Thomas, you may be right but I just had this fridge out back in November > before I left on this trip and did a complete service including cleaning > the > jet. I may take it out in a day or two in the next campground we stop > at. I'll > let you all know what I find. > > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html > ) > _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ > (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) > _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper > camping event, Almonte, ON, June 08 ~ 11, 2006 >
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