Post by Ten on Aug 10, 2015 19:00:28 GMT -8
This may seem silly...but I hate to leave anything so volatile as propane systems unquestioned because it may be silly....
Amongst all the restoration work on the 1970 SC, I decided I would not use the original propane components. Today, the new regulator showed up int he mail so I hurried on down to the exchange store with a couple old empty propane cylinders and got a couple full ones, and proceeded to hook up the new lines.
The new regulator is a "Fairview" brand, automatic-changeover model. It seems a bit physically larger than the original, and I suppose an automatic-changeover feature should be expected to be larger that the original regulator.
I also added new pigtails, the braided-stainless variety, and a new lead hose on the low-pressure side, leading to the steel pipe below the floor.
Now here is where it gets tricky and I feel like I am missing something obvious....
The hold-down for the tanks does not engage the top collar of the tanks correctly, and the regulator seems to be hopelessly wedged between the tanks when it's even close to locked in.
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Further, if the lock is raised up to latch to the top of the tank collar....
Then the rod is too short. Is this actually too high up to try to engage the tanks anyway, because of the violence of the "ride" when pulling it down the road? Or can I cure this with the most likely cure, a longer piece of threaded rod? Is it that simple or too simple for the Big Brain to figure it out?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=isvy_AelUPo
Amongst all the restoration work on the 1970 SC, I decided I would not use the original propane components. Today, the new regulator showed up int he mail so I hurried on down to the exchange store with a couple old empty propane cylinders and got a couple full ones, and proceeded to hook up the new lines.
The new regulator is a "Fairview" brand, automatic-changeover model. It seems a bit physically larger than the original, and I suppose an automatic-changeover feature should be expected to be larger that the original regulator.
I also added new pigtails, the braided-stainless variety, and a new lead hose on the low-pressure side, leading to the steel pipe below the floor.
Now here is where it gets tricky and I feel like I am missing something obvious....
The hold-down for the tanks does not engage the top collar of the tanks correctly, and the regulator seems to be hopelessly wedged between the tanks when it's even close to locked in.
Further, if the lock is raised up to latch to the top of the tank collar....
Then the rod is too short. Is this actually too high up to try to engage the tanks anyway, because of the violence of the "ride" when pulling it down the road? Or can I cure this with the most likely cure, a longer piece of threaded rod? Is it that simple or too simple for the Big Brain to figure it out?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=isvy_AelUPo
