Hey Minister Matthew -

Someday you're gonna be drivin' down the road just a'mindin' your own
business and along will come some idiot at 90 mph with his rear bumper
draggin on the ground with sixteen gazillion candlepower burinin'at your
retinas.  Believe you me, that's when you'll wish you had a fancy-schmancy
negative neutron particle reticulation chamber, or whatever.

Seriously, I think I tried a hose end cap, but it didn't fit quite right.
This has been several years ago now and I could very well be wrong.

More seriously, I agree wholeheartedly with your comments on idiotic and
inconsiderate drivers.

Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: G. Matthew Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: outlet Cap for westy water tanks

>Maybe our bottom water tank cap is just a replacement, but our Westy has no
>fancy-schmancy negative neutron particle reticulation chamber, or whatever.
>
>It's just a plain old cap, with a washer. When I use the faucet, air gets
>sucked in through the little wee hole in the HUGE lid under the rear
>cabinet. Can't speak for anyone elses'. A garden-hose-end cap will fit
>mine, too. Hardware store. $.89.
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>Minister of Innovation and Efficiency
>Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
>Cary, NC     USA
>www.bulley-hewlett.com
>(888) 468-4880 toll free
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Karl Wolz [SMTP:wolzphoto@ATT.NET]
>Sent:   Friday, February 26, 1999 12:08 PM
>To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject:        Re: outlet Cap for westy water tanks
>
>Mark,
>
>The cap costs a small fortune at your dealers, but it is the same cap as
>used on the older squareback's windshield washer bottle, which is
>relatively
>easy to find at a wrecking yard.  It has to have a negative pressure
>reliefto allow air in as you empty water out, so a soda pop bottle cap
>won't
>work too well, even if it does fit.
>
>Karl Wolz
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: frank furter <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 8:30 AM
>Subject: outlet Cap for westy water tanks
>
>
>>Hey there all - after lurking for several weeks, I have a question for
>>the list
>>
>>Where can I get a cap to go on the water-tank outlet pipe underneath
>>the van?  It is an 87 Westy, and I just remembered about it, as my
>>impending trip to Fla. beaches creeps up on me.....
>>It almost looks like a soda bottle top would fit - has anyone replaced
>>one with the yop off a common household product?
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>==
>>Mark
>>
>>87 Westfalia Gl
>>84 Scirocco 8v
>>
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