I have put more work into my '85 Beige Metallic Westy, Tinkerbell, than ever
before preparing for my family's first real vanagon'ing trip to the frozen
tundra, Wisconsin. The curtains and bedding covers have been washed. I replaced
the little things that always bothered me; the stove stem, the right sliding
screen, the skylight. I've patched the pop-top screen, although temporarily. I
will change the oil, flush and fill the radiator and wash and wax her before
the weeks end.

Currently my propane tank lay on the floor of my garage waiting for me to find
a shop that will attach a new filler valve--without the tank attached to the
van. I was really hoping to find a place that would do this but have had
limited success so far.

I am also leary of flushing and filling my radiator. It needs it badly but I am
concerned about the posts I read often about air in the system.

Also, how can the stove stem be replaced? Does the faceplate come off easily?

My family will be traveling through Lake Geneva, going by Frank Lloyd Wright's
Taliesin, and staying a couple days in Devil's Lake before heading to the
inlaws in Door County. Gives us a toot if we pass by. We'll be pulling a
trailer with a Burley Rumba tandem behind us.

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C. R. Rowland
cr_rowland@yahoo.com

"No matter where you go, there you are."

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