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?
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
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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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?
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
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!
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
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.
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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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.
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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Topic: Gas regulator and pipe joining
