So does the Manchester sold at GW use a standard manual fill valve and
bleed (outage) valve?

(Couldn't tell for sure from looking on their web site)

Please and thanks!

Neil.

-- 
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

On 6/25/07, John Middelkoop <J.L.Koop@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I had the same problem.  Some tanks came with an external "autostop"valve
> which prevents filling the tank more than 80%(safetyno explosions). These
> valves fail either open or closed. If closed the tank can not be filled. You
> can no longer get the valve as the company went out of business around 1990.
> The tank manufacturer "Manchester" told me it"s new tank time. Busdepot has
> a replacement tank with an internal safety fill valve for around $300. A
> good deal. You can just switch to a plain filler valve and outage valve
> (manual safety, stop filling when it starts coming out the outage) but its
> not US legal.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chavis Three-Sticks" <chavists@MESANETWORKS.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 1:30 PM
> Subject: Propane filler valve.
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> Hello all,
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> In attempting to fill the propane tank Saturday I was told that the valve is
> "struck" and would not allow any propane to be put in�any ideas, thoughts,
> or how to, to get it unstuck?
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-- 
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil