When I first bought the Westy I thought they were so cute - a miniature
fridge and miniature ice tray. However soon I banished them to the
basement as I need the two shelves to keep the small amount of meat/fish
cold.

- Vince

http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
1989 Vanagon GL Camper
1993 Mazda Miata (for sale)
1996 Land Rover Discovery
2005 Mini Cooper S

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Thompson [mailto:jim@karmannghia.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:34 PM
To: Vince S; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy

Because the ice trays for the 80-91 Westy Fridge are so tiny, they are
an appropriately name size, ergo:  Munchkin Trays.  For the life of me,
I have no clue myself why the Dometic designers came up with these
virtually worthless ice trays.  Maybe they think the North American
Vanagon Owners are tiny people, ie:  from Munchkinland, ala the Wizard
of Oz ;-)

Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince S" <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy

> Can someone please enlighten me what is the  Munchkin tray? I am
> clueless!
>
>
>
> - Vince
>
> http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
> 1989 Vanagon GL Camper
> 1993 Mazda Miata (for sale)
> 1996 Land Rover Discovery
> 2005 Mini Cooper S
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Aristotle Sagan
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:46 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy
>
>
> "All of the things above do nothing to stop drop out of cold when the
> door is opened but it will produce two munchkin trays of ice once a
> day."
>
> Speaking of Munchkin trays, for sale: Genuine Westy Munchkin tray WITH

> insert. Comes with handy 1981 carrying case, $600, you tow it away.
> Great winter project, getting the carrying case back together.
>
> tim in san jose
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy
>
>
> > I substantially improved the performance and cold recovery in my
> > standard Dometic simply by adding a little 12v Computer CPU fan to
> > the
>
> > sidewall of the fridge. As preparation for travel I normally put a
> > container of Ice in my fridge
> and
> > ran it on 120v for an overnight prep period.
> > Everything I put in the fridge from that point forward was pre
> > cooled
> either
> > from my home refrigerator at departure time or from being in my ice
> > chest that I always carried too. One of the big culprits of
> > refrigerator poor performance is simply
> hardened
> > door seals that leak constantly.
> > All of the things above do nothing to stop drop out of cold when the

> > door
> is
> > opened but it will produce two munchkin trays of ice once a day.
> > Some of the highest quality, thick sidewall Styrofoam coolers come
> > from Omaha Steaks and Honey Cured Hams as shipping containers. I've
> > kept three bags of ice for three days in these with very little melt

> > down.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > More Power with Performance Coatings http://www.engineceramics.com
> >