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ross003ross

16/5/2011 at 9:30am
Location: Felixstowe Suffolk
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Help!.

Ive aquired via a car boot sale a camping stove and grill for a bargin price of £4. this had an old tap type fitting for a gas cylinder. On advice fom my local diy store all i need to do would be cut the old regulator off and fit with a new style regulator either screw on on clip on depending on what size of bottle i use.

My question is how on earth do you fit the pipe on the regulator?? as the internal pipe diameter just seems to small?

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a33272

16/5/2011 at 9:34am
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the pipe will expand as u push it on, i usually warm mine up to make it more supple, if i was u though id change the pipe aswell to be on the safe side

morgz84

16/5/2011 at 10:25am
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Brute force and don't forget to use jubilee clips on the hose

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eel28

16/5/2011 at 11:01am
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dip the end in a pot/cup of freshly boiled water, this will soften the end of the hose just enough to make pushing it on easier. When it cools down it will revert back to its 'usual' stiffness, gripping the regulator nicely. Add a jubilee clip to make sure it wont slip and your done

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boff

16/5/2011 at 12:56pm
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Help!.

My question is how on earth do you fit the pipe on the regulator?? as the internal pipe diameter just seems to small?

Do you mean a fitting that screws straight into a camping gaz bottle? If this is the case the stove is designed to run off high pressure gas. If you fit a regulator then the pressure would be too low for the stove to work

skyclimber

16/5/2011 at 1:20pm
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I put a little bit of washing up liquid in the end of the pipe and then twisted it on whilst applying quite a bit of pressure, then secure it with the jubilee clip.

I use the same method for getting grips onto the handlebars of my bike!

fatbloke28

16/5/2011 at 1:35pm
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does it have a regulator or just a tap ,some old cookers ran only on full pressure and usually from a camping gaz cylinder ,fitting a regulator will mean the cooker cannot work as the jets would be far too small for the regulated gas to get through fast enough to be the right mixture to light.
is it a Tilly Trifold or tilly more or less anything

ross003ross

17/5/2011 at 9:30am
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Thanks for yr replys, when i say old its prob a 1980's job the make is SMS its orange and white in colour with two hobs and a grill. does have some instructions in the box that mention working on 28mb pressure.

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Kelper

17/5/2011 at 2:26pm
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Yup ... new piping ... liquid soap and dip the hose end in just boiled water for two minutes ... and ... jubilee clip!
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gingercol

17/5/2011 at 3:10pm
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A jubilee clip will tighten on one point more than others therefore causing a pinch which could cause a leak . There are other clips which do not pinch and i believe are available from halfords . the trick of using washing up liquid is what i got taught when i were a lad

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ross003ross

17/5/2011 at 4:37pm
Location: Felixstowe Suffolk
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Ive tried the trick of softening the pipe in boiling water and using fairy liquid with no luck. Am beginning to think that mayby there are different sizes of rubber hose. Will take the lot to my local camping shop at the weekend and ask for their advice.

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Hacksaw Bob

17/5/2011 at 4:49pm
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If you're trying the original hose it may well have lost its flexibility with age - it's recommended that rubber gas hoses are replaced after a few years anyway.

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