Fridge repaired and works good.

The fridge in my Jayco never worked and we have used the trailer for several years with the fridge sitting in the garage and plastic taped over the openings in the trailer. I finally bit the bullet and ordered a replacement cooling unit. The install went smooth and the electric heating worked perfectly, but when I hooked up the gas I had major leaks from the main gas valve. When I went to replace it I found out you can't get there from here. They haven't made that valve in 20 years. Took some thinking but after reading about folks here doing repair to the valves on their stoves, I decided I would try to rebuild the fridge gas valve. turned out to be fairly simple. The valve is a brass cone that fits into a brass block with the reverse cone in it. The valve is held in by a spring that helps hold pressure on the mating surface of the two parts. The sealing grease in my valve was stiffer than frozen butter. I was able to order some stove grease online (holy cow is that stuff expensive) and after cleaning away the old grease I put a generous amount of new grease on both parts of the valve and presto... no more leak. Fridge works great and cost about $600 in total parts.