.......and....I've found the roof rack is a GREAT place to carry an EMPTY plastic gas can so that it doesn't take up any interior room. Since very few gas stations will sell you a container in an emergency anymore, it's good to have one aboard. Tony
>From: "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET> >Reply-To: "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: rear gas can carrier ( winkler ) >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:52:23 -0400 > > > Also, maybe someone has come up with a good way for less than $300 to >rig up > > something to carry more fuel without a stinky and dangerous can inside >the > > van. > >Ken Swan carries plastic fuel cans on top of his luggage rack. The problem >I >see with this is that the sun tends to heat these things up and gasoline's >high >vapor pressure tends to want to bulge the plastic and blow the rupture >disc. >At the very least the rear vent cap will pop. And if you drive around with >the >vent cap off, you're continuously venting gas vapors. > >Also, resist temptation to put a gas can in the spare tire carrier. I had >one >rupture there after presumably shifting and leaning against a coolant hose. > It >could also just have been the hot air coming off the radiator. > >So I haven't found a good solution yet, but I know a few things that don't >work >well. :-o > >-Karl > >Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA >'87 GL Weekender "Beverley" - 185K miles >VW Mechanic list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops >Busses by the Trail - Oct 15-17, 1999: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/bbtt >PA/NJ Vanagon owner's mailing list: >http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/pavanagon >
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