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Subject:Re: Need Westy water cap
From:mike
Date:Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:53:02 -0700

I went to a hardware store and tried several.  I think 1 1/8 diameter did
it.

Mike

> From: Andrew Fox <afox@cnr.colostate.edu>
> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:07:46 -0600 (MDT)
> To: mike <mwmiller@cwnet.com>
> Subject: Re: Need Westy water cap
>
> what cork is big enough?  from what type of bottle?
>
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, mike wrote:
>
>> Corks work quite well.
>>
>>
>>> From: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
>>> Organization: http://WetWesties.org
>>> Reply-To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
>>> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 21:55:48 -0700
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Need Westy water cap
>>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> In your junkyard tours, please keep your eyes open for a water tank cap
>>> (It *does* have a cap, doesn't it?) for an early Vanagon Westy. My 'new
>>> to me' '82 is short one. Actually it's missing the two water doors. The
>>> one over the city water inlet and the one that covers the water tank
>>> filler.  For $49.95 ea. from Bus Depot, I can do without the doors for a
>>> while, but I'd really like something to keep the bugs out. (I suppose
>>> that I could whittle a cork...)
>>>
>>> TIA.
>>>
>>> Jim Arnott
>>> List Admin
>>> Spare Vanagon
>>>
>>
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