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Art Todesco

On 1/3/2018 7:31 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:54:33 -0800, mike wrote:

It's unlikely this will work.
Solvent probably won't work either.
One thing that can work is to put the orifice in backwards
and turn on the gas. Do it outside, cause the joint will
leak.

If this is all it will take, why not just blow compressed air thru it
backwards. More pressure and less odor.

This is true and I'd probably do that now, but some don't have
compressors and when you are on a ladder, using the propane's pressure
works pretty well. BTW, I think that the propane today is 'cleaner'
than it was some 40 or 50 years ago. I used to have many more clogs
back then.