> Need to replace my LP regulator, can someone give me a make and model please?
> One more question, I have a 78 Eleganza II with a 403, going on a long trip and want to have a spare Alernator on board among other things... A
> make and part number for an Alternator..
> Thank You
Kevin (aka Bierman)
Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum....
All RV and most other service propane regulators are the same. The big difference these days is that everybody is going to a 2-stage regulator. This
is a real good plan if you are going to heat and do anything else with the propane. For a replacement all you need to know is that ours mount
horizontal and are 1/4 pipe in and out. There are many good sources. They are all supposed to be shipped calibrated to 11"WC. All you have to do is
put it in. As the 2-stage is longer than what you have, you may have to adjust some other things. Teflon tape is not advised as shreds can travel in
the stream and cause issues.
As far as an alternator, if you have a complete coach, just carry KenB's World Famous 1$ Combiner. This is a short length of 10AWG with good clips
(or solid terminals for the higher reliability version) that you can put across the battery posts of the isolator and then start your generator and
let the converter carry the chassis load. Our alternators are not a high failure item and with the built in "work around" most of us worry about
other things. Speaking of which, If you have to get it repaired on the road, the internal regulator is different than most. It is for a REMOTE sense
application. This is to compensate for the loss across the isolator. The plan works real well.
If you want to carry a heavy spare, carry a starter. They are getting less available and they are specific to this drive line (now out of production
35 years). Without a starter, you aren't going anywhere. If you are planning to go strange places (where the neat stuff is) become a member of GMCMI
and get the annual parts interchange update. Carry the current version in the coach. This has served me well a time or two.
Now, you are new here, and that is a very good thing. This is a supportive and helping community like few others and for that reason, please fill in
the rest of a sigfile. You did include the coach and that was very good, but if you please start with a real name so that when you meet other GMCs
(and you will) they know who you are. Include and serious mods to the coach so those offering assistance will know the whole story. And half of
those here read this as an e-mail server and never got to see the "Florida" in the header, so include a geographic reference too. Florida is a little
vague, letting potential help know where you are to the nearest hour is good.
As said, this is a community like few others and in fact the only other that I know of personally is that of the watermen that are my world. So, I
enjoy welcoming new owners here much as one might be welcomed there. So,
May the Good Lord bless this coach and all those that set forth within her.
Welcome Kevin,
Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
