Guess that's one way to empty it ---- Thanks for the warning Tobin Cheers, Doug Alcock '84 Westy 'BlueBelle' Toronto, Canada >4) (and a nice red uniform) Beware when opening the waste gate >shortly after large gains in altitude--particularly when combined >with high temperatures. We had a, ah, surprise when Christa went to >use the potti in our old '76 westy standard in Mexico after climbing >from Puerto Angel (elevation sea level) to the summit of the >Sierras--Occidental or Madre? I always get them mixed up--on highway >175 (elevation near, possibly well above, 10,000 feet). So the waste >tank has a pretty good seal, right? And the air pressure is a lot >less at 10,000+ feet than sea level, right? And the tank got shook >up but good on the very twisty bumpy hot grind up the mountains. So >she did her business, bent over the potti to pull open the waste >gate, started to pull it open and... > >Good thing the westy had a sink on board, and we had plenty of water >and soap. We got her and her clothes cleaned up fairly quickly, but >the flock-lined inside of the pop-top roof required a more exerted >effort in scrubbing... > >T. |
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