---- JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Scott,
>
> There is another Vanagon feature that many don't know about. That is the
> telescoping extension in the oil filler tube. I drove my first van a
> long time before I discovered it. Sure is a handy device to keep from
> making an oily mess when filling with oil. Slides right out to extend
> the filler neck, slide right back in when you are done. BUT - if you
> didn't KNOW it was there - you would surely miss it. It is not obvious.
>
> John Rodgers

Certainly not self evident.  I knew about it from the owner's manual, but still had a hard time with it, as the lip that one has to grasp to pull it out is so slim.  I actually had to resort to asking on this list about how to get it out.  Thanks list.  And yes, it is quite handy.  I spilled oil, and had resorted to using a funnel before finally figuring the thing out.

mcneely

>
> On 11/18/2012 3:50 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> > there are lots of vanagon owners that don't know about the heater
> > control lever under the back seat.

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David McNeely