Date:         Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:53:16 EDT
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: How hard can YOU push a Westy? fish bowl
Comments: To: fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT
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In a message dated 4/11/03 8:22:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT writes:

<<  The seats were
 retro-fitted such that an on demand toilet seat would slide under the
 passenger, and allow bodily wastes to be discharged.  We had no septic
 system.. we just let it hit the highway.  The only inconvienence was that
 you couldn't go to the bathroom unless you were the passenger.  >>

Mr. Robert,

You could have easily installed a catheter on your self for liquid waste
relief. And for solid waste, an old coolant hose plugged directly on yourself
or even the passenger, would have simplified that aspect even better.

<< What we did was to first install a solid wall behind the front seats, and
then took out the rear seats and interior.  We had the entire rear
compartment coated with 2 cm of sprayed on fiberglass.  Then we cut a hole
out on top of the Vanagon, and put a gas cap there (A locking gas cap!!).
We were able to get 900+ gallons of gas in there, and then with the
additional 13 gallons in the main tank, we managed to drive 19,800 miles
before having to fill up again!! >>

Did you install a gas gauge on the top or did you rely on the stock location?

<< We also rigged up a neat device which holds 85 liters of motor oil, and
sits
on the top rear of the vehicle.  We connected it to the oil filler and
fitted a control valve there which we could control from the cockpit.  We
had an identical tank under the transmission which would receive all the old
oil.  The system worked so well that we could do an oil change on the fly,
with all the old oil being purged, and new oil being filled... the whole
thing lasted like 7 seconds or so. >>

Did you use a Fram oil filter or Mann? Or some other brand?

BenT Pheeshungpohl