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Subject:Re: Propane Fill Tips?
From:S Sittservl
Date:Thu, 12 Aug 1999 02:30:37 EDT

>  Date:    8/11/99 11:42:38 PM CDT
>  From:    bogle@BWAY.NET (David Bogle)
>
>  So I'll be off in a few days looking for some propane for the first time
>  in our '87.
>
>  Any major, peculiar-to-the-vanagon things I should know that, for
>  example, the person filling the tank that has never seen a Westy may
>  need to know?

The capacity of the tank - more than half the time the person filling
the tank is thrown off a bit by how small it is.  I often get some
varient of "Hey, it's only taking about 2 gallons.  Either you were
practically full already, or there's something wrong."   Taking two
gallons actually means I was getting fairly close to empty.  (The tank
on my '88 is 3.3 gallons, so its "80% fill" capacity is 2.6 gallons;
yours is probably the same or similar.)

                                      -Steven Sittser