About me making a replacement, well I'm shit at making money from my hobbies. But wait, there's more....

I'm working on a better version, one that is simpler and stronger. Nothing really new in the approach, but one that it will be a simple enough construct that you could have someone locally duplicate.

Gimme a little time to get one done here.

Alistair 

> On Dec 2, 2016, at 10:16 AM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've often wondered about the propane lines being exposed the way they are.  I just replaced the tank on my van (waited too long to do so, but lucked out, it never failed) and again wondered about those lines.  I considered the larger tank that GoWesty now offers (five gallon), but didn't want to give up the 3 inches of clearance, given some of the roads I go on.  Those roads are why I have thought about the exposure of the lines.
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> Any chance you will offer this addition to "the market"?  And if not, does anyone know of a source for something like it?
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> BTW, when I filled the new tank, advertised by GoWesty as having a volume of 3.3 gallons, after purging it took 2.58 gallons.  Given that the tank is "full" at 80%, and that purging put a tad in, that is almost exactly what it should take (80% of 3.3 is 2.64).  Still no gauge, a bummer, that would help.  I'm still not sure how "autostop" works.  Backpressure stops the flow when the tank reaches 80% of capacity, right?  The fill valve on the new tank still required an adapter.  I thought not needing that was one advantage of the newer hardware.
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> mcneely
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>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Been lax on the old blog thing this last month , have catch-up to do on comments. But I have posted a very short bit on an aluminum skid plate for the westy tank.
>> 
>> What's shown is actually the second go round, the first one got all painted and everything :-)
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>> The original idea I wanted to pursue was a side plate covering the valves and reg. This is not an original idea I have seen some euro installs with side plate. But then after making one with a side plate it occurred to me that I could have made an effort to protect the copper gas lines that come out forward then up into van floor. So I welded additional bits and bobs to it and painted the thing. Looked like a dogs breakfast.
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>> So what I have posted is mark two, unpainted, might be a little more material added to the front to deflect a little more dirt.
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>> https://shufti.blog/2016/12/01/vanagon-propane-skid-plate-prototype/
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>> And as it seems to be the way with me making things, I didn't see a very obvious improvement to the design until after it was finished. So there without be a mark III.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Alistair
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