Yesterday, I said “If all goes according to plan, we’ll have a working oven and stove by the end of the day”. And that’s exactly what happened!
The package from Amazon Mexico containing our new propane regulator showed up right on time yesterday morning. I decided the best idea was to run a flexible line directly from the regulator to the stove fitting, so I needed about 6 meters of line, and some fittings that should be readily available here.
Our next door neighbours told us about a ferreteria (hardware store) in the nearby town that has a really good stock of propane supplies, so we took a walk over there.
They were right. That little family owned operation had everything we needed! And the 13 or 14 year old girl who served us knew exactly what she was doing! Amazing!
Back at the campground, I got to work.
I crawled underneath and ran the new lines along the same route as the old ones. But when it came time to connect the new line to the stove, it was a little difficult. I ended up having to remove the stove…
I cut out the old copper line, and ran the new flex line through the floor. It fit perfectly! Put the stove back in it’s place, turned the gas on, and lit up one of the stove burners. Nice!
I just have to leak check the fittings, (which I’m confident are fine) and we’re good to go!
We’re going into the Sunday market in Tlacolula with our neighbours this morning. It’s one of the best markets in Mexico, with a lot of the Zapotec indigenous people coming down from the mountain villages to trade. It’s one of the few markets in the world where trading between locals is often done with goods rather than money. We’ve been there a couple of times before over the years, including taking our RV caravan groups there when we led tours.
And tomorrow, we hit the road! Heading to Puerto Escondido!
Record low deal on the new Ninja PossibleCooker Pro at Amazon.com
And in Canada, nice deal on this ECOFLOW Power Station at Amazon.ca
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