Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:52:47 -0800
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: propane tank
In-Reply-To:  <422339AB.6010305@earthlink.net>
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I priced one out at our local RV place 5-6 years ago, and it was close to $500 CDN at
the time. Probably from Manchester I guess. Victoria being a real Westy hotbed, he
had no trouble finding the tank I was looking for. After hearing the price, I dropped
my tank and cleaned it up and repainted. If it comes time to replace the valve or
regulator, I'd probably look at a new tank through a list vendor now. (I don't think they
had them back then).

On 28 Feb 2005 at 7:32, mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> Very funny, Terry. I guess you just have to stir things up no matter
> what. The Westy tank is in no way an off-the-shelf RV product. It is
> sized and built to fit VW Vanagons exactly. RV places won't be able to
> supply one just upon the asking. If you have the Manchester Tank part
> number you can get one through their normal channels but it won't be
> fast or nearly as cheap as you say. The Bus Depot is the way to get one
> for most people. Go-Westy sells it too, for a little more but including
> a new regulator which is a good idea to replace at the same time.
>
> Mark
>
> Robert Cardo wrote:
>
> >Locate some local RV / propane dealer's in your area Maggie.
> >Ask a few questions, tell them what you have.
> >You can buy the correct propane tank with the valve for appoximatly
> >$115.00 to $125.00, without opening your wallet to the end distributor
> >like Go Westy.
> >
> >RC
> >
> >
> >
>

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta TD (retired)
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L
'82 Diesel Westy