

| Subject: | Re: No propane at my stove?? |
| From: | Bob Stevens |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:55:46 -0600 |
Frank Cnodelli's site has: Regulator, horizontal 90 degree vent, 2 stage, Marshall Brass 290, 1012-5 34.95 The one? *bob * On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:33 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 03:52 PM 3/17/2010, courtney hook wrote: > >> So last summer all was well with my stock 77 Westy factory propane >> tank/stove setup. This year I went out to give it a test, opened up >> my tank valve, then went inside to turn on a stove ring. Nadda. >> Nothing at that end. My regulator has a knurled ring that is spring >> loaded (excuse my poor knowledge of this) that you can wind back a >> bit, and propane hissed out from here. I wound it back down, (this >> is NOT the on-off valve that closes the tank), to where it should >> be, so there is propane in the tank, yet it does not get up the >> > > Dear Courtney -- I've never seen a '77, but from your description I > think that the knurled knob you're talking about is the manual vent > valve on the tank itself or a vent valve on the auto-stop filling valve. > > To check regulator output, loosen a fitting on the output of the > regulator and smell for gas at much lower pressure than the tank. I > suspect the problem *is* the regulator, and you can replace it for > ($30 or so ten years ago) from an RV place or online vendor. It's > made by Marshall Brass and someone else will have to quote the number > as I'm having a senior moment. If you still have the square one it's > due for replacement with the newer round one which is an inch or so > longer and involves bending the copper output tubes a bit. The > square one is NLA because of premature failures at the diaphragm corners. > > Yours, > David >
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