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Subject:Re: How do you fill the propane tank? and re:Starter woes
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:13:03 -0400

Just being picky here... :)

At 08:45 6/10/99 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>Doug,
>
>This tank can be a bit tricky. I have found with my tank (also '84
>vintage) that the 10% valve needs to be unscrewed quite a ways before
>filling will start.

The sticker on the valve says to unscrew it all the way.  This is very
different from the manual bleed valves where you just crack them a tiny bit.

>This valve allows for a 10% vapor space in a full tank to allow for

Actually it's 20%.

david
David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net