At 11:29 PM 9/28/02 -0400, The Bus Depot wrote:
>> Now the other filter Andrew Fox was talking about, the Bosch 71028, the
>> round metal cannister, that's installed AFTER the fuel pump. These were
>> generally installed on every year of a gasoline powered Vanagon
>
>
>I sell this under the Bosch number, 71028, for $9.95.
>
>However, my experience has not been the same as Jim's that almost every
>gas-engined Vanagon has this metal filter. In fact most pre-1986
>non-California Vanagons I've seen have only had the plastic one.  After
>1986, I've seen some vans that had both filters and some that only had the
>metal one. I usually tell people to take a peak under their van and see
>which filter(s) they have before ordering a replacement, just to be sure.
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That's 'cause I've been California most of my life ;-).....

Seriously, Ron may have a point here, however, I based my statement on my
records going back about 10 years of what I sold on these for Federal vs
California (itsa neat little feature plugged into my
accounting/sales/inventory system I've used since 1989, now being used
purely for reference reasons).  Granted there have been a few Federal
models grace my door, most had the the metal cannister filter (71028).
Remember, I said most, not all.  And VW dealers had a nasty habit of
upgrading the filter system when brought in for maintenance and by the time
the 2nd owner, 3rd owner, et al acquired the vehicle, nobody knows anything
about what *may* have happened.

Ron's utilizes the best advice I've always given - peek (not peak) under
the Vanagon and see what ya got before ordering from him or anywhere else.
Ron's prices will invariably be lower most of the time, but the Wix, Fram
and VW numbers (from the dealer) (which are higher priced,) were mentioned
when you need a filter NOW and ya just can't wait.  Buy 'em at the best
price possible and stash an extra or two somewhere on the vehicle for the
next maintenance job

For the record, mine is a California model, originally sold in Hemet in 1984.

JIm
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