Hi Mr. Squirrel,
I, being a Canadian where those very cool drip tray / flash guards where not
actually offered, just bought one out of Colorado on thesamba.  Paid $50 and
it was in essence NOS in that, while the fellow apparently removed it from a
(obviously) used Westy, it was still wrapped in the blue protective
plastic.  There were others on thesamba.

Incidentally, and strange / funny actually, when I removed the galled lid
and then removed the Canadian 'static' version of the flash guard, the
ball-catches were already in place, as were the holes for the hinges already
drilled!  I had made extra sure that the fellow I bought the tray from
include the ball catches and all the other hardware, but it turned out half
the stuff was already there - even though the drip tray was not actually
available on Canadian Westys.

Good luck - I think you should actually be able to scrape that sh*t off with
a razor blade and some WD40 or the like...

Devin
1987 Westfalia "Milou"
Vancouver, B.C.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> I will test your theory and report the results.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 9/23/2009 10:44 AM Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
>  Single edge razor blade followed by lacquer thinner - bye bye blobs...
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Rather than purchase and experiment with various noxious solvents to
>>    remove the melted* undercounter bumpers from my 84 Westy's dish drainer
>>    (see "Goopy stuff on dish drainer" thread for background), it might be
>>    easier to simply replace the thing.
>>
>>    Are the stainless steel dish drainers available, new or used?
>>
>>
>>    =======================
>>    * I don't know how to effectively describe the sticky, grippy,
>> tenacious
>>    nature of this stuff. A wire brush would immediately gum up. A paint
>>    scraper would get globbed up in a second, with thick strands of this
>>    substance between the lifted scraper and the stuff remaining on the
>>    drainer, and it would never remove the stuff completely anyway: it's in
>>    the pores of the metal. Think honey on hardboard rather than paint
>>    on metal.
>>
>>    --
>>    Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>    84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>    74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>>    Bend, OR
>>    KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>>
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>
>> www.thebassspa.com <http://www.thebassspa.com>
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>
>>