Hi Gerald,

Thanks to the pointer to the marine supply house for the hardware.

For the luggage rack drain holes -- I have enough drains around this
place to keep clean of debris as it is. Little screens will just add to
the joy. I'm sticking to my plan of running little hoses down from the
holes to the rain gutter.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR

On 5/18/2005 11:45 AM Gerald Masar wrote:

>You can get all kinds of SS goodies at West Marine:
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>http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=12354&langId=-1&subdeptNum=355&storeNum=13
>as well as items, while marketed for boats, have applications for us.
>As to the drain holes on the luggage racks, rather than hoses, glue a filter cone
>washer, used in inlets to washing machine hoses, into the drain holes from the bottom.
>Or glue a piece of screen to the holes from the top. Anything to keep the debris out.
>Jerry
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>From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:36 PM
>Subject: SS version of luggage rack bolts?
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>>I pulled Mellow Yellow's luggage rack to see what kind of crud had
>>accumulated under it. Not too bad, dried leaves and other vegetable
>>matter, dirt. I reckon I will put some hoses under the drain holes and
>>route them to the rain gutters. Those four truss head bolts have been
>>leaving rust streaks down the sides of the rack. I'd like to replace
>>them with stainless hardware. They have pointy noses, though . . . not a
>>standard bolt at all. Does anyone have any idea where something like
>>this can be found?
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>>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>KG6RCR
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