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Subject:Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
From:jbange
Date:Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:30:19 -0800

>Along with the fuel lines, please don't forget the nylon firewall fitting
>(white, or now yellow, it points down at the engine at a 45 degree angle,
>mounted about the mid span of the firewall) with the fuel supply pressure
>hoses attached. It really can be broken with the greatest of ease   as I
>found out doing my engine conversion. Please change it too.

Regarding this firewall bulkhead fitting: is there a reason not to just
eliminate it entirely and  just run a continuous fuel line through a big
ol'  grommet instead? I haven't looked at it yet, but it sure sounds to me
like it's there for manufacturing convenience more than anything else.

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"