Date:         Tue, 16 May 2006 07:40:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Ok, I did the archives search,
              but found nothing. I need a flue vent cover.
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I must admit I've never used a vent cover, even in rainy BC. Are they that
critical? Mind you, much of our driving is done with the fridge running, so I
guess it wouldn't see much use anyway.

On 16 May 2006 at 7:14, Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Dana wrote:
> >> I bought the BusDepot one before, but it weathered,
> cracked and fell off within a year.
>
> >> Anyone have any better options?  I thought I
> remember someone getting a piece of tupperware to do
> the job?.?.?
>
>
> I fashioned one from a domed, stainless-steel
> soup-kettle lid purchased at a thrift store. I
> installed a T-nut in the center of the flue vent, and
> drilled a hole through the center of the kettle lid
> where once the knob-handle resided. A SS Allen-head
> bolt and washer affix the lid to the vent, and a ring
> of polyethylene weatherstripping on the edge of the
> pot lid prevents metal-to-metal contact.
>
> Polished up real nice, it's sleek and smoothly
> rounded, and doesn't look as hideous as it sounds. In
> fact, it's perhaps the most aerodynamic thing on the
> entire van!
>
> I've never used the OE plastic vent cover, but
> deterioration and eventual loss seem to be the most
> common complaint. Such sunlight damage can be
> prevented by use of a good UV protectant such as 303:
> http://www.303products.com/main.php
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> Jeffrey Earl
> 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
> http://www.vanthology.com/
>
> "OK, I'll leave it at that since I've already gone on
> for far too long about something I don't know a whole
> lot about ..."
>
>
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Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA