Brian,

No it is not a gas tank drop job. Just did it this past weekend.
If you disconnect and slide the heater hoses out you can remove and
replace the tubes with the gas tank in. Actually it was easier to put the
new ones in then getting the old ones out.

Be careful that the plastic tubes are a different diameter than the metal
ones and you will probably need to purchase new hoses.  Finally, the vehicle

That we swapped the pipes out was a 1984 that we put in a 2.1L motor.

The hole was not large enough for the larger diameter pipes and the heater
hoses. We needed to enlarge the hole. Being that the hole was right above
the gas tank severely limited our cutting options.

Good Luck

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Brian T.
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:49 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 85 coolant hard lines

A bit O' dismay...

While tidying up some lose hoses under my van this
afternoon I discovered a bit of coolant colored goo on
one of the hardlines & believe this is why I've been
having to top things off about once a month...

Where I'm going with this is the replacements appear
to be plastic (Bus Depot) and mine are metal.  What's
the life span for the plastic and are they as robust?

Thanks,
Brian

PS

This is a gas tank drop job isn't it?