you personally have *brass* wrenches, Roger, for working on propane ?
I don't know anyone who does, 'cept for places that work on propane full
time perhaps.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: From rags to westy in a week.

> dear craig
> i hope you are storing the propane tank outside and away from errant
> sparks
> while you work
> hook it together with brass wrenches ... check for leaks constantly
> use only new fittings and hoses
> be safe
> yours
>
> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:40 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well the weekend has passed, and boy do i have alot to show for it! I
>> started out friday night with a 1980 westy in deplorable shape, and a
>> 1985
>> vanagon with a full interior, and after only 26 hours of work (14 hours
>> saturday, only 12 today), i have a fully gutted westy, with the entire
>> interior in my garage and most of it cleaned up, a fully gutted '85GL,
>> all
>> the curtains and curatin hardware has been transfered to the '85, the
>> rear
>> cabinet has been cut down 3 inches and installed (It worked out great!),
>> The
>> propane tank and all the westy accessories are off and ready to go, i've
>> removed the westy floor, and the vanagon floor is recieving some holes. I
>> borrowed a welder today in anticipation of cutting and welding in the
>> seat
>> brackets (And the one under the kitchen), have removed the rear heater
>> core
>> (which will have to be relocated or negated for the time being), Replaced
>> all my rear seatbelts with the westy configuration, and cleaned up and
>> addressed the start of some rust behind where the fridge will sit on my
>> '85.
>> Oh ya, i also found time to pull the engine and transmission, and they
>> went
>> off to a loving home. I would say a pretty fullfilling weekend as a
>> whole.
>> Tommorow evening i will try to get these holes cut, the floor secured,
>> and
>> start cutting/welding in the brackets that need to be addressed. I also
>> plan
>> to figure out how to mount the propane tank on the '85. I'm guessing i
>> need
>> to drill some holes, send some bolts through, and weld the heads inplace?
>>
>> I hope to have a 'roof removal party' friday, so i need to have almost
>> everything done by then so I can gather my friends with their favorite
>> cutting instruments, to do some serious damage. So, who thinks a westy
>> can
>> be built in a week?   : )
>>
>> -Craig
>> '85(Gutted)
>>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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