Date:         Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:21:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
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From:         Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
Subject:      Re: Fuel tanks & foam pads!? [was: Bus Depot Fuel Tanks]
Comments: To: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca>
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Never seen any foam pads

Mine had 2 little rubber bumpers (not to be confused
with rubber baby buggy bumpers) on each of the big
metal straps under the tank.  I would think any foam
that you would put on the tank (under the vehicle)
would rot pretty quickly in the mud/water/heat/cold.

My .02
Mark

--- Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca> wrote:
> At 3:12 PM -0400 7/13/00, David Ricketts wrote:
> >To do a 'factory' install you will still need a few
> parts from the
> >dealer, such as the foam pads that the tank sits
> on...
>
> Uh...  What foam pads?  My bus didn't have any pads
> when I pulled my
> old tank out, and this is the first I've heard of
> them.  How
> important are they?  Can't it wait a few months
> until I fidget with
> it again to install skid plates?
>
> darn....
>
> T.
> --
>
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> Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada
> tobin.copley@ubc.ca
>
> '82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
> '97 son Russell
> =============
> '99 daughter Margaret                            /_|
> |__| |__|:| clatter
> 1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.
>          .| clatter!
> 1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km
> ~-()-==----()-~
> Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy
> standard (Mango)


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Mark
If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v
http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/

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