It is a good story. But as you said, it's an urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/autos/theft/siphon.asp If only it were true... Don in Reidsville, NC 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (Suzie) - For Sale! 1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia) ----- Original Message ----- From: "TJ Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wed 26 January 2005 15:15 Subject: Re: Vanagondalism
> -------------- Original message -------------- > >> I read about a case where a couple came out of a restaurant by an >> interstate, to find a man in the parking lot throwing up. He was holding >> a hose. They followed the trail back to their RV. There they found that >> he had broken the wrong cap, and attempted to siphon the black water >> tank... > > Urban legend or wishful thinking... there are only two places to access a > holding tank from the exterior of an RV, the vent stack on the roof and > the dump valve on the bottom of the tank. If he opened the dump valve, he > wouldn't have needed a siphon hose, but he could have used some rubber > boots, especially if he tried it on my coach; it carries up to 40 gallons > of black and 60 gallons of gray water. > > Cheers, > > > > > TJ Hannink > Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition > 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33 > Winter Park, Florida > http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanderlodge > FAVOR website: http://home.earthlink.net/~clubvanagon |
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