Help needed with 1972 Shasta propane system

OMG, I completely forgot about trying to get the frig running. I knew there was something I was forgetting.
- The previous owner said everything was working this summer.
- OK, so the regulator is old. It is the kind that just turn the bottle on and gas flows, no switch it this way or that. But it might be a very good idea to just replace the regulator anyway. And replace the lines as well. One question ... do those lines connect up outside the cabin or go all the way into the cabin?
- My friend suggested I get the old propane tank refilled and then put that on see if that works. But I will try to open them slowly and just light the stove at first.

We will get back out there this weekend and report back.

Light off all 3 stove top burners on high to get propane flow and place regulator in service (establish a demand)

How do the flames look?
Strong steady good flame color (blue with just tingle of yellow tips)
OR are they lazy, pulsating, different sizes, yellowish etc.

Stove top burners will give you a good indication of propane flow and regulator.


In some of your pictures you have questions and or ???
The roof vent on left side---that is fridge exhaust vent (lower one on side allows air in that flows upward across backside of fridge and out top)
Good air flow draft) needed for proper cooling of fridge

The ?? in side picture (door, stove vent & furnace exhaust vent)
The item in ?? is the door stop/latch. Push door fully open and it will press into round latch on bottom of door to hole it open.

Propane system.....
I would replace regulator and pigtail hoses with new

Cute little RV. I'd be surprised if the fridge works but, it might there are stranger things.

I agree, make sure you have the valve for the propane turned the right way. Open the tank slowly. Fire up the stove first to make sure the propane is flowing well. If the stove works and the furnace doesn't then you have a furnace problem. If the stove doesn't seem to fire up very high either then it is probably the regulator. No matter what make sure the regulator isn't leaking and that the flexible lines attached to the regulator look good. At that age of TT that regulator and lines could be bad and you don't want propane leaking at them.

The regulator may have gone bad. If it's very old I would replace it.

As the previous post stated, sometimes if you open the valve on the bottle too quickly it will automatically close off the valve, scensing there is a leak from the propane quickly passing through the empty lines. The solution is to close the valve and give a few seconds, then re-open it very slowly.

You might get the second bottle filled and see if it works to rule out any issue with the current bottle. If that does'nt work It's probably the regulator.

Another thought, make sure the pointer on the regulator is pointing at the bottle you are trying to use.

If the tanks are the newer style, you may experience that problem when they are turned on too fast when they are full (at least that is what happened to me).

Turn the tanks off and then turn back on slowly. That fixed the problem for me.