That's somewhat impractical ..
shipping something that heavy back and forth.

On 10/2/2012 4:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> Ship it back and tell them to bleed the thing.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 10/02/2012 03:48 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>> Not enough yet.
>> I did talk to them during the filling attempt ..
>> Chris there just kept saying bleed it a lot like it's a new empty tank.
>> Which the guy did.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/2/2012 3:01 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> Did you check with Van Cafe?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>
>>> On 10/02/2012 01:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>>> Maybe no one can answer this question with more information ..
>>>> but what the heck...
>>>>
>>>> ( short version is, no one can seem to fill this new propane tank on a
>>>> Westy )
>>>>
>>>> An 84 Westy I know of has a new propane tank from Van Cafe on it, , to
>>>> replace the original tank.
>>>> No one seems to be able to fill this new propane tank.
>>>>
>>>> The van's owner said she had it to 3 places and they couldn't fill it.
>>>> I took it to an RV place where they fill propane tanks on campers and
>>>> RV's all the time.
>>>>
>>>> Besides myself, 3 other guys there tried and tired and fiddled and
>>>> messed around .. for about 50 minutes.
>>>> they even tested their own filling equipment by putting some
>>>> propane in
>>>> another tank.
>>>> I mean we did *everything* we could ..
>>>> used the bleed valve etc.
>>>> We finally concluded the tank must be full. And the stove worked too.
>>>> Sure would be nice if there was a gauge on that tank. My very similar
>>>> one on my 85 Adventurewagon has a gauge on the tank...
>>>> very handy.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway ...the van's owner tells me she ran out of propane making
>>>> tea the
>>>> other day. And that it obviously was not full.
>>>>
>>>> So ...and ideas what's going on ?
>>>> A faulty tank somehow ?
>>>>
>>>> I would probably tank the tank back off the van and take it to a major
>>>> propane only type business I know of near here.
>>>>
>>>> open to any ideas.
>>>> thnx.
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/2/2012 12:27 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>>> "Also, curious if any of you are still using your original propane
>>>>> tank
>>>>> setups with updated valves, etc or did you procure a new one?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Still using the original tank, it's in fine shape. The regulator
>>>>> had a
>>>>> leak when I bought the van so I replaced that. The autostop filler
>>>>> baffled more attendents than not, so I stuck a manual filler on it,
>>>>> which everyone seems to be comfortable with.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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