I use a large plastic 7UP bottle with the wide end sliced off on an angle.
The spring-loaded licence plate holder keeps it in place very nicely! Seeya,
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.

> Well if you guys just have to have a funnel to get that oil in you can
make
> a quickie out of your junk mail by twisting a piece of  8.5 x 11" plain
> writing paper into a funnel design.
> Newspaper and other paper works too.
> I've also notices that many gas stations have funnels made of paper like
the
> old Dixie cup drinking cups with the bottom point clipped to make them
into
> a funnel.
>
> Stan Wilder
> Engine Ceramics
> 214-352-4931
> www.engineceramics.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
>
>
> > I've simply laid my thumb across the 7 o'clock to 5 o'clock position
> > on the filler extension and carefully poured that $4/qt. oil down the
> > hole.  the thumb acts as just enough of a dam to keep the oil in.  I
> > will concoct a pvc pipe though when time permits.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Max
> >
> > At 10:04 PM 9/10/2005, Rob wrote:
> > >At  9/10/2005 07:33 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
> > >>If you are as annoyed as I am by the change of the size of the oil
> > >>bottle caps a little while back, Then you, like I, would like to spit
in
> > >>the eye of the genius that decided that all major oil company bottle
> > >>mouths would be as large as the oil filler extension on the WBX
engine.
> > >
> > >Just this morning I was changing the oil on my '87 for the first
> > >time. It has been some years since I had my '86 & I had forgotten
> > >what a pain in the butt that filler neck can be.
> > >I took a standard plastic oil bottle (the spout on the side of the
> > >bottle), cut the side off opposite of the spout and used that as a
> > >long funnel. It worked great, I wiped it out and put it in a ziplock
> > >bag when I was done.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Rob
> > >becida@comcast.net
> > >Western WA state with an '87 Vanagon in the driveway!
>