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Date:   Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:47:32 -0700
Reply-To:   Devin van Tongeren <devinvantongeren@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Devin van Tongeren <devinvantongeren@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Availability of replacement dish drainers?
Comments:   To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:   <4ABA6B31.8030204@gmail.com>
Content-Type:   text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Hi Mr. Squirrel, I, being a Canadian where those very cool drip tray / flash guards where not actually offered, just bought one out of Colorado on thesamba. Paid $50 and it was in essence NOS in that, while the fellow apparently removed it from a (obviously) used Westy, it was still wrapped in the blue protective plastic. There were others on thesamba.

Incidentally, and strange / funny actually, when I removed the galled lid and then removed the Canadian 'static' version of the flash guard, the ball-catches were already in place, as were the holes for the hinges already drilled! I had made extra sure that the fellow I bought the tray from include the ball catches and all the other hardware, but it turned out half the stuff was already there - even though the drip tray was not actually available on Canadian Westys.

Good luck - I think you should actually be able to scrape that sh*t off with a razor blade and some WD40 or the like...

Devin 1987 Westfalia "Milou" Vancouver, B.C.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> I will test your theory and report the results. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > > > > On 9/23/2009 10:44 AM Jake de Villiers wrote: > > Single edge razor blade followed by lacquer thinner - bye bye blobs... >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Rocket J Squirrel >> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Rather than purchase and experiment with various noxious solvents to >> remove the melted* undercounter bumpers from my 84 Westy's dish drainer >> (see "Goopy stuff on dish drainer" thread for background), it might be >> easier to simply replace the thing. >> >> Are the stainless steel dish drainers available, new or used? >> >> >> ======================= >> * I don't know how to effectively describe the sticky, grippy, >> tenacious >> nature of this stuff. A wire brush would immediately gum up. A paint >> scraper would get globbed up in a second, with thick strands of this >> substance between the lifted scraper and the stuff remaining on the >> drainer, and it would never remove the stuff completely anyway: it's in >> the pores of the metal. Think honey on hardboard rather than paint >> on metal. >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) >> Bend, OR >> KG6RCR >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jake >> >> 1984 Vanagon GL >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >> >> Crescent Beach, BC >> >> www.thebassspa.com <http://www.thebassspa.com> >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com> >> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 >> >>


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