Date:         Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:31:23 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: LP vent cover
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At 03:59 PM 3/27/2002, developtrust wrote:
>Does anyone know where to get the plastic LP vent cover for the Vanagon
>camper? The VW dealer wants $23 for this part. Is there another alternative?

Dometic dealer (RV place) will sell it for less, no doubt.  I paid $5 for
one ten years ago.  But look at oleo tubs -- I think some of them fit.


>Also if it rains or if one goes through a car wash without the vent cover,
>where does the water go inside the van? Does it drain somewhere or does it
>get stuck inside the van to create potential rust problems?

It fills up your refrigerator flue which sits there full of water until you
open the drain plug at the front of the fridge and drain it all out.

david


>William Polowniak
>1989 Vanagon GL
>1988 Mercedes 300 SE

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David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"