I open the license plate 90 degrees and place the oil cap at the bottom of
the license plate frame and the rear of the van (where the hinge is) and
then slowly release the license plate.   The license plate will rise up a
couple of degrees until the oil cap is wedged between the bottom of the
license plate and the rear of the van. (about 75 degrees from the vertical)

Les
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Matthew Pollard
Sent:   Tuesday, March 06, 2001 6:23 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques?

Ok, how about some techniques on how to hold the liscense plate down and
check the oil and hold the rag at the same time?
I'll go first
1) my foot- i step on it on the bumper
2) or- the oil cap fits well as a means to jam it open if you put it on
it's side with long axis perpendicular to the ground and short axis perp
to the liscense plate.

Or just take the spring out of the liscnese plate i suppose.

-Matthew
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Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu