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Subject:Re: About your west fridge blowing out at highway speeds
From:Frank Condelli
Date:Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:55:09 -0400

This plate if installed where and how it's supposed to fit in there cannot be misaligned.  If it is, the most likely cause is the lip on the exhaust port flu is corroded away and that plate then does not have the proper mounting surface to sit on.

On 2013-04-22, at 10:48 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:

> Fascinating -- you can see how his plate is misaligned in the view from above.

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
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