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Date:         Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:42:12 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
Comments: To: Mark A Kippert <vanagon@KIPPERT.COM>
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At 01:37 PM 1/13/2009, Mark A Kippert wrote: >Anybody remember how long it's been since oil came in a can? That >telescoping tube would have worked just fine if you were filling it

Hey, I remember it coming in quart jars with a tin spout screwed on top, ten or so in a little carrier like a milkman might use. My first experience of fluorescence was looking through those bottles at different angles.

Some of the oil went into the oil-bath air cleaner, too.

Car was a 1952 Ford Tudor...

d

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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