At 03:09 PM 7/9/2010 Friday, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >My '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile has a gasketed lid that has four >screws to hold it in place over the battery box. The box has a vent >on the forward side that appears to exit the box on the front but >then turn downward. No swinging door, the only opening the only >opening the gasketed lid, and the vent in the front wall. Sorry, I guess on the non-Westys they were always swinging doors on both sides. Possibly on a factory dual-battery setup they used a gasketed cover for both boxes? That would make sense, of a sort. I suppose they were concerned on the Westy about the possible combination of hydrogen and cooking flames... Yrs, d |
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