Malcom keep me up to speed if you get p-mail. My filler tube
has come loose and I need to figure out how to reconnect it.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 13:49:20 -0300
>From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
>Subject: Oil filler tube HELP
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>For as long as I have owned this van (4 years) I have NOT
had the plastic top to the
>metal oil filler tube.  Now let me be exact - I've been
missing ALL of the plastic not
>just the extension tube that is inside the other plastic
tube. (I've been gerry-rigging a
>plug for the tube).
>
>Now I have another filler tube but there is a hole in the
metal part but the plastic is
>good.  SOOOOO   How do I separate the outer plastic tube
from the metal tube that
>bolts to the engine.  I know that the inner plastic tube
just pulls out, but how do I get
>the outer plastic tube to separate from the metal part of
the tube assembly.  Have I
>been clear in my question????    Thanks,  Malcolm