Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 20:34:25 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wanted: Water tank key
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> The $50 complete new one is a cheesy all plastic ersatz substitute for
> the item that came stock on the most models. It uses a large plastic
> "key" for the whole door, not a locking cap with a lock cylinder.


Actually, the $50 one *is* original equipment - it is the redesigned version
that came on '88-91 Westies.  This is genuine Westfalia issue, not a copy.
It is no more or less plastic than the earlier version - both are made from
the same mold using the identical materials.  As most of you know, the doors
on these inlets are fragile to begin with, and the redesigned version did
away with the spring loaded door that breaks so easily. It is also much
easier to fill, since when opened the redesigned door acts as somewhat of a
funnel. To each his own, I guess, but personally, I much prefer the ease of
use of the later style inlet on my '89, over the earlier one on my '85.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com