Natural Gas to LP

[LMichaels]

What did you put high temp sealant on?

 

[Kelvin in AB]

he might have put it on the valve orifice spuds... just a guess...!!!

 

[LMichaels]

There should be no sealant of any kind used on the spud fittings.

 

[Kelvin in AB]

When i took the orifices out of the Natural gas manifold there was pipe dope around the spud threads... done by the manufacturer...Weber.

 

[LMichaels]

I have never in my life seen pipe dope put around orifice threads on any application. Save for one. That is on a BroilMaster which used the "hooded" orifices otherwise putting dope on those threads can and will cause all kinds of problems. Probably a nod to the shoddy Chinese workmanship Weber is doing now

 

[Bruce]

Seems reasonable not to use it on an orifice. Not a high pressure system at the orifice and pipe dope can cause obstructions in small applications. But if it is working good as is, I wouldnt miss any sleep over it.

 

[Kelvin in AB]

The grill that i have the Genesis E 320 was made in Mexico...!!!

 

[Bruce]

Cant even depend on mexico to screw up correctly.

 

[Sam Bee]

Haha, at least you can say it was still made in North America.

 

[John Ford]

Pipe dope put on spuds.
There was dope on the factory spuds I replaced.

 

[John Ford]

Ok a few pictures & comments
First cook a 1.75 lb porterhouse from Fresh Market.
It was on sale for $8.00/lb
In my area there’s about one decent Weber full size gas grill a year for a decent price. For $100 original cost it was worth spending the effort, time & money to convert.
Doing again would spend $15 to have the spuds drilled rather than $9 for drill I’ll probably never need again.

https://imgur.com/a/u7JfzQe

 

[Kelvin in AB]

Pipe dope put on spuds.
There was dope on the factory spuds I replaced.

I hope it was good dope, not that cheap dope...hate that cheap dope!!