[T2] how to store makeup oil

[Robert Mann]

	My June 7 elapsed time 8 h from beautiful downtown Glen Oroua 
342 mi home is no rival to Frank Mooney's 420 mi Wellington-Auckland 
6'35" proudly illegal Jegwore (Mk II 3.8 {?3.4}) dash, but did serve 
to show roads are better than in his day.
	Unsure whether an earlier jotting has appeared on T2 List 
(g-mail prohibits return to you of any msg you sent), I'm sending an 
edited version more suitable for non-Kiwis.
	The trip featured a cautionary lesson on how to store makeup 
oil, beginning with coloured lights in the mirror just N of Tirau. 
Since I was not speeding to any significant extent, I was puzzled to 
be stopped.  Turned out my VW was spewing bulk "smoke" (actually 
droplets of oil, as in warships' "smoke"screens).  My flagon of 
makeup oil had fallen over, and the crankshaft pulley had ground a 
hole in it, flinging enough oil onto the hot engine to prompt a very 
nice cop to pull me over for my own sake.  We had a most cordial 
exchange.  He even opened his boot to get me some hand-cleansing 
liquid when I'd finished mopping.  The encounter had been so 
thoroughly pleasant that I made bold to ask why he hadn't suggested a 
ticket for the white smoke.  He admitted that was a technical 
possibility, but we were out in the countryside and he had therefore 
not thought of booking me.  I then asked him why he had been opening 
his Black Book as he came on foot to the front of my vehicle; he said 
he'd assumed I would not have a Warrant of Fitness.

	A flagon of oil in the rear L corner will obstruct air intake 
no more than the battery in the mirror-image R position.  I intend to 
continue this storage position.  Air supply is still far far better 
than those stupid flush louvres in the Splittie (& oddly some more 
recent Brasil buses).  But I learn the lesson: fit a clamp, or spring 
clip or some such, to prevent the flagon from falling over.  I hope 
to suggest a design soon, but am hoping someone will let us know a 
proven design.

	Also: keep mirrors & rear window clean, the better to see 
your own smoke =-O which of course will not stink but may cause delay 
even if pleasant.

-- 
Robt Mann
Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
'73 VW 1600dp Devon camper
'53 Meteor V8
various Jawa-CZ and Jawa-NZ strokers