> I was thinking of all sorts of alternative ways to mount fuel cans... Ken > is selling the fuel can holders for the rear of the Vanagon - I think this > is a great idea, but I would never buy one as I would have to drill some > holes in my van and it doesn't look very secure from someone wanting some > free gas [hopefully this isn't the case and they can be secured]. The idea > that I came up with is to install a "gate" on the [a] rear bumper. This > gate would hold the fuel can[s] in a way that the gate would have to be More weight behind the rear axle does not improve handling on the Vanagon Westy! A 15 gal saddle tank under the van between the sliding dor and the passenger side frame rail almost perfectly balances the extra drivers side weight in a Westy. Diesel owners can quite easily make these themselves from specially formulated epoxy -- See the Gudgeon bros boat building books. Don't think there is a gas approved epoxy. /Martin -- Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel New and used parts for sale, gas and Diesel: http://www.cs.yale.edu/~jag/vw/forsale.html Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.yale.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.rochester.edu Yale University Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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