Black cover for the gas is stuck - any ideas?

[RobertCalifornia]

I'm on an idyllic campsite in the French Alps, and the only thing preventing this actually being utopia is that I can't get the black circular cover that enables access to the gas to fully unscrew - and therefore face the prospect of a tea-less holiday!

I can turn it so it is loose, but then it gets stuck fast after half a turn. It feels like something (I suspect the metal connector) inside the chamber is jammed up against it preventing further unscrewing.

I don't think there is another way to access the chamber (that is the point, I think!) so am out of ideas.

Any advice?

 

[Nick from Bath]

If there’s something jammed then a few taps from a peg mallet in various places whilst turning might bounce it out of the way. Start fairly soft and work up.

 

[yossarian]

Major issue with gas safe

Having a major problem with the gas safe... I've just put a new bottle in and wired it all up. I then closed it all up, with the plan of tightening everything up later. When I got home I've gone to unscrew the lid, and it wont come off. It looks like the lid has slipped off the screwing...

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I know search is a challenge at the moment.

 

[Daggartukvan1]

You could try tapping it with a rubber tent peg mallet or taking the van for a quick drive over a bumpy surface to see if either will dislodge the suspected metal connector.

 

[WelshGas]

I'm on an idyllic campsite in the French Alps, and the only thing preventing this actually being utopia is that I can't get the black circular cover that enables access to the gas to fully unscrew - and therefore face the prospect of a tea-less holiday!

I can turn it so it is loose, but then it gets stuck fast after half a turn. It feels like something (I suspect the metal connector) inside the chamber is jammed up against it preventing further unscrewing.

I don't think there is another way to access the chamber (that is the point, I think!) so am out of ideas.

Any advice?

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It's the gas tap/regulator jamming the lid. Brute force is the only option.

 

[RobertCalifornia]

Thanks all. I managed to get it off by reversing my strategy - I had been pushing down hard to try and get traction and force through the blockage. I tried pulling up and twisting and it worked.

The mallet and drive over rough ground were next on the list if that hadn't worked.

Thanks for the link to the existing thread @yossarian. I had done a quick search for 'gas cover' but the search results didn't reveal anything useful.

 

[yossarian]

Thanks for the link to the existing thread @yossarian. I had done a quick search for 'gas cover' but the search results didn't reveal anything useful.

I think search is semi-broken at the moment. I'm getting weird results anyway.