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Subject:Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
From:David Marshall
Date:Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0800

There's lots of things people don't know about their van.� My
favorite is the beer opener - the door latch on the b-pillar is a perfect
bottle opener and there is hole right below it to catch the caps.

Prost!

David Marshall
VW Adventure Driver and BMW
Adventure Rider
 
http://www.hasenwerk.ca

On Mon,
January 12, 2009 20:31, John Rodgers wrote:
> 
> I bring
this up once in a while because I never ceased to be amazed aat
>
how many people don't know.
> 
> Adding oil to the engine
is an aggravating challenge - trying to pour
> oil into the filler
neck at a near horizontal angle. You are guaranteed
> to spill
some oil and make a mess unless you use a funnel. Then
>
afterwards there is always the question of what to do with the funnel
> which is now coated with residual oil.
> 
> The
secret - the oil filler neck has an extension telescoped down inside
> the filler tube. Just grasp the edge of the filler tube between
finger
> and thumb and pull and it slides right out, The rest is
self evident.
> Pretty slick.
> 
> Enjoy your
cleaner rear.
> 
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>