<How about a "Hole saw" to make an access in the skid plate?

If you're anal about having a hole there, you could always fabricate a
plate that swivels to cover the hole when it's not in use.>

Yeah, that would do the trick, and I'm not necessarily opposed to doing that, I guess I just kind of expected this thing to be "plug and play" and not require a whole lot of re-engineering. Bending the lines into the regulator was no big deal. And the rush of propane I got when disconnecting the one pound bottle was far more than the usual "pffft" you get when disconnecting them, it went on for several seconds after the bottle was disconnected, and came from the Westy tank, not the disposable bottle. Luckily I quit smoking 10 weeks ago.     Jeff