Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:19:45 EST
Reply-To: ralanen@AOL.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Frank Condelli <ralanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Propane tanks
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In a message dated 06/01/2010 7:59:39 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
All, Vanagon Westys can be equipped with two OEM propane tanks.
The mounting points for the second tank are in the frame on the sliding door
side. There are two studs at the rear and two weld nuts that you can
insert bolts into at the front. They are 10mm if I recall correctly. The
location is exactly the same as on the drivers side. You must shim it down as
is the OEM tank on the drivers side and I like to add extra shims on both
tanks on the outside feet so the tank is angled downward making it easier to
connect to the filler valve. I have the second tank on my van and have
installed many second tanks on customers vans over the years. They can be
kept separate or joined together, your choice. My set-up is they are
separate tanks and my second tank has a regulator output for my Propex heater and
a unregulated output to connect my cook stove or other self regulated
devices.
Written from my laptop in the rear of my van parked in a Pemex station
for the night a few kms south of Los Mochis, MX heading further South
tomorrow !
>>>>>>My westy has one three gallon propane tank. Does anyone have
experience
with bigger or double tanks for a westy.<<<<<<
Please note that I will be away from my business travelling in the USA and
Mexico from November 18, 2009 until April 30, 2010. Parts orders will be
processed although not as quickly as usual. I will always be available by
E-mail. If you phone, your call will be addressed by Greg T. Brown here
and he will either call you back or advise you to contact me directly by
E-mail. See my _www.frankcondelli.com_ (http://www.frankcondelli.com/)
website for complete details. Travel Blog at _www.westfaliatravels.com_
(http://www.westfaliatravels.com/)
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
(http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
_Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html) -
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
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Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2010
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