Hi Kath:

Yes, It Can Be Done.

I recently bought a drain pan on Ebay, as my van only has the heat shield on
the inside of the stovetop lid.

No Vanagons sold in Canada ever had the drain pan from the factory, because
of Gov't safety concerns.

The left side of the drain pan fits in the left side of the factory hinge.
Your Van has this hinge.

The right side of the drain pan requires the hinge that the drain pan was
originally mounted with. You need to make sure that you get this hinge along
with the drain pan from your supplier.

Failing that - both hinges are the same - so see if you can get a left one
from somewhere.

When you place the pan to mount it, the location of the right-hand side
hinge is obvious - a verbal discussion of it's placement is much less clear.

Good luck.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katherine J. Maas" <Katherine@KJMAAS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:41 PM
Subject: Is it possible to "remodel" the stove top?

My westy is a 1987.  Last winter we rented a westy in Hawaii < don�t know
what year it was < but it had a neat design twist on the stove top which I�d
love to have on mine.  Inside the stove/sink lid is an inner stainless steel
panel, which is designed to be lowered over the stove top and used as a dish
rack when washing dishes.  I assume this was a design innovation in some
year after 1987.

Has anyone out there tried to modify an old westy stovetop to include this
feature?  If so, how did you do it?  If this isn�t possible, is it perhaps
possible to upgrade to the new stovetop through Bus Depot or elsewhere?
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