Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:41:42 PDT
Reply-To: rob passehl <rpassehl@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: rob passehl <rpassehl@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: tents
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i'm currently looking for a tent to connect to my westfalia. does anyone
have any suggestions. i would prefer; free standing option, a floor, decent
wet weather protection, sides that can be awnings and a place to purchase a
tent that accepts credit cards in the u.s. thanks
>From: Mark McCulley <transporter99@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Mark McCulley <transporter99@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Notes on mud flap installation
>Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:16:09 PDT
>
>Well I finally got the mud flaps I ordered from Just Kampers installed on
>my
>87 syncro. I don't have any pictures yet but here are some notes on what I
>had to do to get them installed:
>
>1. First I had to remove the existing rubber fender extensions. Each of
>these were held on with 3 bolts that were all pretty cruddy and rusty. The
>bolts are molded into the rubber extensions and I ended up destroying one
>extension but managed to get the other 3 off intact.
>
>2. The rear flaps are held on to the edge of the fender with u-shaped clips
>and set screws. There is also a bracket that secures the inner edge of the
>mud flap to the frame. The bracket uses a similar u-shaped clip and set
>screw to hold the bracket to the frame. This doesn't seem substantial
>enough
>to me--I think I'm going to have to come up with another way of attaching
>this bracket to the frame.
>
>3. The front flaps are secured to the edge of the fender with spring clips.
>These went on pretty easy but I did have to drill a hole in the frame just
>to the inside of the jack point to secure the inside edge of each mud flap.
>I threaded a piece of fuel hose on the bolt here to act as a spacer instead
>of using the stock bolts/washers.
>
>I wonder what I should do about the stock mud flap that protects the
>propane
>tank? Looks weird to have 2 mud flaps only a few inches apart...
>
>MM
>
>
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