It's always something...

Dan
Los Angeles, CA
'85 Westy Weekender

On May 4, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Rob wrote:

> I was putting away the tools and saw I'd forgotten something, the
> skid plate. I took it off yesterday when I started (13mm nut & bolt
> each side, not even a minute to get it off) and put it in the garage
> when I saw what time it was so it was not on this morning when I
> changed the regulator.
> The 2 way splitter is now reversed from the way it was before (top &
> bottom lines) so the skid plate fwd hole does not line up... Need to
> redo the lines & splitter or redrill the hole.
>
> Rob
>
>
> At  5/4/2011 11:57 AM, Rob wrote:
>> This is on an '84 Westy.
>> I just changed the propane tank regulator, ordered it from Gowesty,
>> shipped the next day pri mail and arrived in good shape.
>>
>> Took just 40 min to put the new one on including leak checking the
>> fittings (& gathering the correct tools)
>> 7/8" for the reverse thread fitting into the tank, 13/16" for the
>> line fittings (I did use a crows foot for the upper fitting but I
>> could have bent the lower tube out of the way to get it with the
>> wrench) to the 2 way splitter that screwed into the regulator
>> (tapered thread).
>> I used 2 wrenches (just like you bend brake lines) to rebend the
>> copper tubing as the new regulator is longer that the old one.
>> A small squirt of dish soap mixed with a little water & a paint brush
>> to leak check all 4 propane connections and I'm done.
>>
>> I thought about photos after I was done....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> becida@comcast.net
>> Western Washington State, USA