The stove top grate removes easily...
either pull or push (forgot which) from the front and the prongs will
release their grip on the holes, then lift up... easy!
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "michael schiesser" <drschiesser@bigplanet.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 4:04 AM
Subject: Cleaning around the damn grate on the stove top

> If anyone has been lamenting the passing of the rear hatch struts
dialogue,
> perhaps this will satisfy your need for onlineVanagon obscurity. I was
> cleaning my 89 Westy today after months of use, the inside took me nearly
3
> hours. The part of the job that is the biggest pain in the butt is
cleaning
> the stove top, because the grate that covers the toop of the stove makes
it
> really difficult to get all those crumbs and grease off of there, and
there
> is always little bits of grime around the areas where the grate mounts to
> the stainless surface. I was thinking to myself, there's gotta be somebody
> on the list serve that both knows what I'm talking about and has figured
out
> a better way to manage this.
>
> Michael Schiesser
> 89 Westfalia
> Seattle WA
>