Get it fixed locally and send them the bill. What have you
got to loose?

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:16:30 -0400
>From: "Russell, William" <william.russell@UW-INC.COM>
>Subject: Re: Leaking Gas Tank
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Stan,
>
>That would be an excellent idea except for one thing:  I
live in
>Hamilton, Ontario and the shop was in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
>That's about 4500km away.  As Homer would say, "D'Oh!"
>
>\/\/i!!y
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stan Wilder [mailto:wilden1@juno.com]
>Sent: May 27, 2002 19:47
>To: william.russell@UW-INC.COM
>Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Leaking Gas Tank
>
>local shop to get some work done
>------------------
>I'd take it back to those nice guys at the local shop and
let them work
>through the Bentley to get it right.
>With me it would be a matter of revenge for all the trouble
they put me
>through.
>Turn about fair play and so forth.
>
>Stan Wilder
>
>On Mon, 27 May 2002 19:23:25 -0400 "Russell, William"
><william.russell@UW-INC.COM> writes:
>> So, while my baby (van) sat waiting for me to come and
pick it up in
>> Vancouver, I decided to have my brother drop it off at a
local shop
>> to
>> get some work done.  I don't have the name with me right
now but I
>> will
>> send it to everyone later as I would NOT recommend that
anyone use
>> this
>> shop.  I needed a new gas tank so I asked them to replace
it.
>> Unfortunately, I was not aware of the genuine vs. knock-
off argument
>> for
>> tanks and the shop decided I didn't need to make that
decision and
>> installed a knock-off.  That's fine.  I can deal with
that.  They
>> replaced it and put $10 of gas in it.  Thanks.
Unfortunately, the
>> next
>> time I filled it up (and tried squeezing every drop that
I could
>> into
>> the tank) I gave the gas attendants a heart attack.  My
baby was
>> peeing
>> gasoline out as quickly as I was putting it in.  Upon
inspection I
>> realized that there were hoses missing that connect the
tank to the
>> overflow reservoir on the driver's side.  (nice job)  I
immediately
>> returned to the shop quite pissed off and they quickly
threw on a
>> couple
>> pieces of hose.
>>
>>
>>
>> I thought it was fixed and headed off across the country.
>> Unfortunately, at the next fill up I realized that now
instead of
>> peeing
>> gas in a nice even stream, it was just gushing from the
bottom front
>> of
>> the tank.  The tank itself does not seem to be leaking,
it's got to
>> be
>> somewhere in the lines.
>>
>>
>>
>> I looked at Bently and I notice that there is a line that
connected
>> the
>> overflow escape on the top/front/right hand side of the
tank to the
>> overflow on the top/front/left hand side of the tank.  I
suspect
>> that
>> piece is missing.  Does anyone have any other ideas?  If
not, do I
>> need
>> to remove the tank in order to replace that piece?  :(
>>
>>
>>
>> \/\/i!!y
>>
>> 1980 Westy "Jazzy"
>>
>
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