dear scott
no i do not have personal brass propane wrenches
but if i were going to work on a tank on a vanagon
i would go get some
;)
yours

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> 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)
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> View the growing list of video work at:
>> http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners
>> and ... older work at
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
>>
>
>

--
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)
-----------------------------------------------------------
View the growing list of video work at:
http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners
and ... older work at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364