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Date:         Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:28:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought
In-Reply-To:  <50061A0B.5000008@gmail.com>
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On Jul 17, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Thread drift. I'm not asking for ways to level the van, I got that. > What I'm looking for is an easy way to level the stove grill. > Leveling it by leveling the van would require plenty of trips in and > out to take a look at the grill's levelosity (bubble level, for > example) then out to tweak the setup, then back in to look. Wash, > rinse, repeat. Easier and quicker would be to just stand at the > stove and level it through some means yet to be finalized.

Actually not. Park with rear end high. Place level on battery box cover behind passenger seat. Open slider. Jack to level fore and aft at passenger front. Side to side, move level to door sill at driver's door. Fine adjust port-starboard trim there. Total time? Five minutes max. The grill is level (within reason) to the bus. You want perfect level stove? Coleman stove and a box of shim shingles. Leveling the grill alone won't work because then your cooking utensil is not level to the flame. That will cause uneven heating. Though I suppose you could devise a flame spreader to minimize that effect.

What you need is this: http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|406| 694|330373&id=1038045

THAT will do what you need. (And installing it will raise the cooktop surface a few inches which will definitely improve things.)

Jim


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