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Subject:Them little shelf bumpies
From:Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
Date:Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:04:55 -0700

Just went to re-install the shelving under the sink after re-routing the
sink drain hose so the stupid thing doesn't chew up so much space on the
bottom shelf,* and have come to find that I've mislaid some of those
little plastic dots with the nails in them that the shelves' sides rest
on.**

Anyone know where I can get three or four of these little puppies? Mine
are brown, but any color will be fine.

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* A piece of cake. Go to Ace Hardware and get a 1/2'' PVC elbow - the
unthreaded kind for slip joints. Get a sprinkler riser or any other bit
of irrigation fitting that has a 3/4'' hose barb on it. Get some epoxy.
Remove the shelves. Disconnect the hose from the outlet at the bottom.
Observe how much hose barb the hose needs for proper clamping. Cut
yourself a chunk of the new hose barb that you bought and epoxy it into
one end of the 1/2'' elbow so that enough sticks out to connect the hose
to. Epoxy the other end of the elbow to the drain fitting at the bottom
so that the barb points straight back toward the side of the van. Wait
24 hours for the epoxy to cure. Reconnect hose to new barb. Tighten
clamp. Close off hose drain under van and fill sink with water. Check
for leaks. Re-assemble everything. Note how much more room you now have
under sink. Have a cold one to celebrate. It's all good.

** Remind me of this if I start sounding like I think I am smart.
--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR