Gas bottle Location??

[AxlFoley]

I am in the middle of fitting my propex heater, but have found that my gas bottle doesn’t fit where I wanted it, under the rock and roll bed, in my westy, I was wondering where is the best place to put it?

Thanks

Mark

 

[Doris]

The Dormy's have them in the engine bay on LHS,in front of the the LH tail lamp unit (where the battery is but opposite). Originaly they had a wooden 'tray' with a bottle sized recess and a strap to hold it in place. hth

 

[AxlFoley]

yeah, buut thats where my leisure battery is going, will they both fit ??

Thanks

Mark

 

[Doris]

In the wooden tray, there is space for two bottles so it may be possible if you fit your battery broad side to the rear?. Is it possible to fabricate a small frame for the leisure batt to go above the engine batt ?

 

[VeeDubMan]

The Dormy's have them in the engine bay on LHS,in front of the the LH tail lamp unit (where the battery is but opposite). Originaly they had a wooden 'tray' with a bottle sized recess and a strap to hold it in place. hth

I'm hoping to move mine from the LHS as I need to fit the leisure battery in there too. I was thinking that it would go quite nicely on the 'plinth' that the oil-bath air-filter use to sit on (Weber carb and air-filter fitted now). Just gotta make some suitable straps to hold it in place.

 

[Araon]

get a tank made to fit the spare wheel well

 

[AxlFoley]

now thats an idea............not sure thats going to be ceap though

 

[westbay]

yeah, buut thats where my leisure battery is going, will they both fit ??

Thanks

Mark

They normally say that gas bottles should be in a sealed container (or at least have sides alround to contain a gas leak) with a drop out hole in the bottom so that any leaks can vent away and not to put a source of ignition in the same container, i.e not a leisure battery that could spark

 

[Araon]

There was a web site, sorry i cant find it now, where some old fella had cut a door into the rear corner (it was a splitty) of his bus walled it within the engine bay so it was isolated, was very well done again not a cheap option but it looked well trick....

Saw an early panel that had a factory door opposite the slider for a gas bottle again boxed off internally, think it was a utillities van from northern europe somewhere again a nice solution.....

You could buy a torodial tank as used on lpg conversions they fit in the spare wheel well, fit a wheel cover over and your laughing speak to one of the lpg conversion companies abot cost....