I guess I'm lucky I didn't blow myself up all these last years..........
swappin' out trailer type propane tanks and whatnot with an ordinary
crescent wrench.
  But that's a beautiful metal.  A brass crescent wrench would suure be a
nice thing.

Somehow I never have much fire trouble, or if there is any .........I think
I've gotten 4 car fires out within 30 seconds or even less.
I'm sure I'll think of you next time I conenct a propane tank or
whatever............or now I'll stumble across a braass crescent wrench (
I've never seen one, not sure they even exist normally ) ..........and then
I'll have to buy it. ! ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: From rags to westy in a week.

> 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