Date:         Thu, 20 May 2004 17:06:17 -0400
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Need List Member Help  RE: water tank drain cap
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> I can't seem to find a water tank drain cap for my Westy.
> I found a used one, and althought it will fit an 81 Westy
> (I gave it to a friend) it will not fit my 88.  Do any of the
>  list vendors sell these things?


I've been working on this issue since the above post from May 3, and
have obtained a few of each cap - the earlier style and the later style
- from a small German company. The difference between the early and
later style is the thread pitch.  However the supplier doesn't know
exactly what year the change occurred, other than to say he believes it
to have been 1986 or 1987. None of my resources list it either; in fact
the part number doesn't even come up anymore because it's been
discontinued for so long.

Can anyone on the list provide any further feedback as to what year this
change occurred? (From Warren's post, above, I already know that it was
no later than 1988.) If nobody has specific info, perhaps if I could get
a "thread count" from listmembers who had an '85 thru '87 Vanagon we
could narrow it down to the particular year it changed. I'd like to be
able to offer these, since they've been unavailable for so long. But
without knowing where the exact year break is, I'd be afraid to send one
to anyone with an '86-87 Westy. Once I can narrow this down I can order
a larger quantity and this part will be available again.

Thanks for your help!

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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