Hi Ken, this is Will Pierson.  I have spoken with you and bought some parts
from you.  I also had this problem with the rubber cap.  I was in Kansas
after driving from Florida and had stopped for lunch.  At this time my
conversion was 4 months old and 3,000 miles.  After lunch I was turning the
starter and nothing.  I opened the engine compartment and had my girlfriend
turn over the motor and a big stream of gas shot out of the fuel pressure
regulator where that cap was.  The cap had split on the side and a lot of
gas was coming out as soon as the fuel pump was on.  I got some fuel inj.
hose, a brass nipple and a brass cap and did a nice job of blocking that
pipe.  I was shocked to have that happen so soon and I feel that it is a
very dangerous problem.  There is a Tiico list.  If you know how to post to
it we should give them this info.  WILL
----- Original Message -----
From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: Tiico problem with simple solution

> I have wondered about this for a while and just had a problem with it
today.
> On the Tiico conversion there is a rubber plug that comes with the kit.
This
> rubber plug is supposed to go on one of the metal nipples that is on the
fuel
> pressure regulator and is secured with a metal crimp clamp.  When I did my
> first one of these conversions I thought to myself, "This rubber doesn't
look
> like it is supposed to be used for fuel, it looks like something that you
> would use for coolant."  And there is a similar plug on one of the plastic
> coolant nipples on the head of the engine in this conversion.
>
> Well today one of my customers had this plug distintegrate on him.  Praise
> God it didn't happen when he was on the road somewhere or when the van was
> hot, just when he was in his driveway and just starting the van.  If you
have
> a Tiico conversion, please remove this cheesy plug and replace it with
> something more substancial.  I used a short piece of 7mm high pressure
fuel
> hose with a bolt in one end for my other two conversions (I just couldn't
> bring myself to use this plug again).  Just put the short bolt in one end
and
> clamp the line on that end and then put the other end on the fuel pressure
> regulator nipple and clamp that.  You can use either fuel line clamps or
> crimp clamps it is up to you.  If you do it this way you should never have
a
> problem.  Not doing this you run the risk of a pretty nasty engine fire.
>
> Just FYI.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> http://www.vanagain.com
> Phone: (856)-327-4936
> Fax: (856)-327-2242
>
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