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Subject:Re: Dometic revival
From:David Bjorkman
Date:Tue, 5 Sep 2017 13:30:37 -0400

Hey Jim. common fix.  Had to do that several times.  I keep a tube in the bus and have had to, on occasion. cover it with a handkerchief and suck on it.  Material comes out.  Not the best thing, but sometimes one has to do what one has to.

Dave B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim. Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Mon, Sep 4, 2017 6:08 pm
Subject: Dometic revival

On a recent overnight trip, the first time the domestic has been used since
March, I had the thing blow out on a very short trip and I could not get it
to light again. When I got through unpacking yesterday I took a piece of
rubber hose that just fit over the tube at the bottom of the fridge. I
adapted it to my shop vac hose with tape.  I usually run a blowhard in it,
but since I had the vacuum nearby I alternated suction and pressure three
or four times. Working now.

Jim