Date:         Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:17:16 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: pic of flip down stove cover
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At 01:29 PM 4/20/2001, Keith Adams wrote:
>I have a humble Fryedaye request.  Could someone with a digicam and a Westy
>please take a picture of the flip down stainless cover over the stove burners
>(the drainboard) and email it to me?

Haven't got a picture, but to get you started:

Drainboard is thin stainless steel with a small raised lip at the edges, a
slightly depressed center section and a slot at the sink end to
drain.  It's just long enough to overhang the sink very slightly.  It's
formed in an L-section matching the inside of the cabinet lid, with the
short leg of the L resting on the stove inboard of the grate.

The hinges are about an inch long, tubular and beneath the draining
surface.  Hinge pin on the after end is simply a longer bolt in the
existing hinge; on the forward end is a separate fitting identical to the
forward cabinet hinge (pintle half), again with a longer bolt.

The short leg has two holes in it that engage spring-loaded buttons
embedded in the inside of the vertical part of the cabinet lid.

That's all there is...

david


>You see, we didn't get that feature in Canada (due to RV regulations) and it
>sucks.  Not having a drainboard is a major PITA and I would like to see how it
>was done fromt he factory so I could replicate it.  Therefore, some detail
>pics
>of the hinges, and the catch (or whatever holds it up) would be helpful.
>
>Have a great weekend all!
>Keith Adams
>Calgary, AB, CA
>86 Westy "Roxy" / 87 Syncro project "Hugh"

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"