Date:         Thu, 20 May 2004 15:03:24 -0700
Reply-To:     laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM
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From:         Steve Delanty <laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need List Member Help  RE: water tank drain cap
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Ron wrote:
>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.

Ron, I have a '84 and a '86. Both use the same cap.
It looks like aprox. 34mm thread diameter, and 3mm pitch.


Steve
'86 Westy "Escape Pod"