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Subject:Re: propane valve?
From:Bob Stratton
Date:Sat, 27 Feb 1999 12:16:04 -0500

At 08:35 AM 1999-02-27 -0800, Mark McCulley wrote:

>You must be talking about the auto-stop valve, not the fill valve. The
>fill valve on these tanks is a standard part and can be easily obtained
>at any propane supply shop. I think I paid less than $30 for a new one
>last summer. The auto-stop valve is indeed no longer manufactured but is
>rebuildable with a kit available from Euro-American RV (formerly Delta
>6), the original supplier of many Westy parts.

While the auto-stop valve was clearly leaking, there were rings in the set
that could have only been for the fill valve, so my guess is that they
actually worked on both. I figured that for $100 they must have done
something. Heh.