[quote=no_such_reality]A lot of good observations above.
How much space do you have between the pipes and wall? Mine has about 6 inches, yours looks really cramped in the picture, like maybe an inch. The pressure regulator looks threaded but does look like there is not enough room to turn to thread.
I’d probably go with spdrun’s repack, otherwise redo the whole thing to make more serviceable.
Note: really glad to see all the great advice on the forums again.[/quote]
Yeah, I miss these old forum days. There’s about a 1 inch gap between the wall and the threaded nut on the regulator so I shouldn’t have a clearance problem. The issue is getting it undone. I think getting the regulator off will probably be ok since I can use two crescent wrenches to loosen both nuts.
The valve looks like it’s going to be a PITA. And I was tempted to try to just service the drop gate as ucodegen siggrdted. But then again, I really hate these valves…
For curiosity sake, I wonder if my regulator has already failed so I am going to go buy a gauge to find out.
Thanks everyone for the advice. I really wish we can see more of this sort of thing here on the forums.
So dumb question…..What makes a good MAPP torch versus a crappy one? I am assuming the coupon special at harbor freight would be in the crap category?
