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Subject:Re: Dometic revival
From:Jim. Felder
Date:Tue, 5 Sep 2017 17:32:59 +0000

Thanks. Anything is better than pulling the unit!

Jim

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 12:30 PM <ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
>