Propane Leak: Hose Replacement

Huntindog wrote:

LaunchnRetrieve wrote:
OK, don't judge me. Don't make fun of me. Well, go ahead I deserve it. :)

Here's the deal. My propane tank leaks sometimes. It seems to be temperature and altitude related. At sea level there is no soap bubble leak test failure. At my campground, in warm weather there is no soap bubble leak test failure. At my campground with lower daytime temperatures there is an audible leak. That's a really long unnecessary intro to the problem.

I bought a hose for the tank to trailer connection. The large knobby end at the tank seems ok and the small thready end that goes to the trailer connection seems ok. However, I wasn't able to switch the hose because the nut at the trailer connection end is too big for the wrench I had (slightly larger than the nut on the replacement hose).

Is the thread connector at the trailer connection end universal or is the larger nut telling me that the thread connectors are actually different sizes? I hope I didn't make this too technical. If it's just a different nut size and the threads are the same I'll just bring up a bigger wrench to remove the original hose.

You need some help from someone that knows what they are doing. There are some different fittings that can be used. Some require the special propne sealant, and others should not have any sealant applied... Hard to describe, and without looking it up, I probably would not use the proper terms anyways. This is not a hard job at all, but you need to know your way around the fittings that you have. If you can post some pics, that would help us help you a lot.