Thanks, Mike.

Charles
'85 Westy

At 08:39 AM 6/22/01 -0700, Pedersen, Michael wrote:
>Charles,
>
>   For what it is worth, you may want to drop the tank anyway.  I did it
>myself in my first week of ownership, without a Bentley, and prior to
>joining the list.  Only took a leisurely Sat morning to drop, clean and
>inspect.  Waited a few days for the outrageously priced dealer parts. A
>plastic tee fitting was broke, other was close to breaking, my grommets were
>fine.  Put back up the next weekend.
>   I found, as have many others, literally pounds of dirt on top of the gas
>tank, even though the underside of the van was impressively clean.  Wear
>safety glasses!!!  Once you see the shape of the tank, you can understand
>how the dirt would be carried by eddy currents of air in to an otherwise
>inaccessible area.  Only way to clean is by dropping the tank.  Since I
>bought my van in Saskatchewan, (very dry) rust wasn't a problem.  I can now
>understand why these tanks rust through though.
>
>
>Mike Pedersen
>'88 Westie GL Automatic
>Powell River, BC
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles McGehee [mailto:chasm@ELLTEL.NET]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 11:03 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: replacing gas tank crossover tubes
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Mark.  I'll be gone for the next few weeks, but when
> > I return I'm
> > going to give it whirl.
> >
> > Charles
> > '85 Westy
> >
> > At 01:41 AM 6/22/01 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hi Charles,
> > >I did it on my '84 without TOO much grief with everything in
> > place.  I did
> > >remove the tires for easier access.  You basically have to
> > look at the
> > >position of everything and then reach in and feel your way
> > at it.  I did
> > >lubricate the grommets and pipe to ease it in a bit.  One thing to be
> > >careful with is not to push the grommets through the holes
> > into the tank.
> > >They didn't seem to want to do this on me, but it might be
> > prudent to get an
> > >extra when at purchasing them (if you need grommets) just in
> > case.  My
> > >failure was that one of the small overflow lines broke free
> > from the "tee"
> > >and that caused the original leak.  My grommets were fine.
> > >Patients, Grasshopper, will almost always overcome force :-)
> > >Mark
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Charles McGehee" <chasm@ELLTEL.NET>
> > >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > >Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:02 AM
> > >Subject: replacing gas tank crossover tubes
> > >
> > >
> > > > Listees,
> > > >
> > > > Sometime this month Vanagonite told of replacing the gas
> > tank crossover
> > > > tubes without dropping the tank.  I can't find it in the
> > message archives,
> > > > however.   Can' t remember its subject line and no key
> > words seem to work.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone remember this message and can you point me to it?
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > > '85 Westy
> > > >
> >