Ron,

You sure?  That's an expensive repair, ya know!  Oh well, I just dragged
home a Cal II that has had the frame cut, forward controls, peanut tank, &
straight pipes so I guess I couldn't afford your bus right now.

Ken @ Vanagain.com has a grommet kit.  The center plastic drain hose is
usually ok, but the little hoses to the plastic tanks get pretty rotten.
When removing the little hoses from the tank, use a razor knife & cut them
length wise until they fall off.  If you try to yank them, twist them, pry
them, etc. you may well break the plastic nipples off of the plastic tanks.

Walt Spak
Pittsburgh, PA.
wnsopc3@3rdm.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Komoroski <motresyklman@LYNCHBURG.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: gasoline odor

> Listees,
> '87 Westy, just over 50k miles, suddenly developed some sort of fuel
(fume?)
> leak in the tank area. No dripping, no spots under the bus, but a strong
> odor of gas after driving. I have my Bentley manual open to the Digifant
> tank illustration on pages 20-26,27. Looks like MANY places to leak from.
> Any suggestions where to start looking? Ideas for troubleshooting? This
> problem appeared after filling the tank w/ the gaspump nozzle set on extra
> low flow. I was happy to have filled the tank without belching gas out the
> filler for a change, until we got out at home & the gas odor hit us.
>                                                               Ron
Komoroski
> PS. Walt, no, we don't want to sell, are we going to see you at the VA
Guzzi
> rally?