Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:03:36 -0800
Reply-To:     Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe <maded@GTE.NET>
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From:         Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe <maded@GTE.NET>
Organization: Mullen-Lowe Consortium
Subject:      how to carry a boat & what oil
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Dear Volks,

A couple of questions before I go off list while on vacation:

What oil do members recommend for the Vanagon diesel?  I'm using Kendal
super D 15-40.  Is there a 50wt?

How to carry the wife's Zodiac on our Westy diesel?  This inflatable
boat wieghs only about 50#, but folded, occupies the same volume as a
rather large person would in a squatiting position, if you can imagine
that.  Then there is the motor, a 8hp outboard, and the fuel.  We have
been carring it, except for the fuel which goes in the top  luggage
rack, in the cab.  This is not satisfactory of course, since the
"squatter" is filling up allmost all the floor space & is unsafe loose
and the motor is stinky.

I suppose  a little trailer is the only way to go for safty and room,
though that would really be a burden for the little 1.6lt diesel.  Any
ideas?  Yes, I do plan one day to swap engines, a 1.9ltr  is supposed to
be coming.

Ed
82 Westy Diesel
85 Golf Diesel
92 Cabrio