Hi all.

Still futzing with this Dometic.

Just re installed. Occurred to me to check seal with mirror. With no
screws installed, most of manifold sat flush to gasket, but forward
portion seemed to have a gap. My understanding now is that even w/o
screws installed, manifold should sit flush.

It seems that even with screws tightened, manifold could still be
cockeyed at 9:00 or 3:00. I suspect the "give" of rubber gasket allows
this. i.e. If the manifold was pushing up against metal only, this
might "force" it to sit flush. Seems so obvious now. Hindsight eh?

All speculation at this point, as fridge is coming out again (now have
hard lighting, backfires, small flame), but this may help the flame
outs that were occurring during heavy winds.

Just thought I'd post the pic as it's not too hard to check especially
if one has bent the corrugated pipes for any reason.

Neil.

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