Date:         Mon, 2 May 94 10:54:13 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Steve Johnson <sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com>
Subject:      Camper Refer Madness

> hear the tiny pop of igniting gas when I did this. Hum... wonder if the
> refrigerator vent is blocked? Took off the vent fitting and looked in.
> There was an arachnid condo in there. After clearing the webs out, the
> refer started right up. The trip was saved and I didn't go broke at the
> refrigeration shop. Seems that spiders love gas. I knew they liked to
> colonize natural gas pipes, but they like LP as well.
> 
> 
> John Pinkham

That's interesting.  I bought one of those mini-LP grills which are quite
a good item to have for camping.  In the manual, it recommended that you
should check the burner tube for spider-web infestations before you start
it up for the season.  Sounds like the same applies to the flue vent for
campers.  Of course, I keep the cover on it.  Anyone know where I can get
a cheap replacement for the flue cover which self destructs after about 
a years use.  They're $18.00 at the dealer.  I keep looking at various
Tupperware type plastic bowls for a substitue, but haven't found any that
fit.  I'm sure VW researched the size of the flue cover so that you wouldn't
be able to use anything but their cover. ;)


Steven
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Steven Johnson
sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
'91 VW Camper GL, '86 Nissan Sentra
Previously owned: '68 bug, '70 squareback, '74 Camper