It's been about 15 years since I had the pleasure of dropping a tank,
but if I recall, the most annoying feature of this set-up is that the
tube goes *above* the shift linkage.  Correct me if I'm wrong.  This
means that it can not be inserted into the grommets until the tank is
raised nearly to its final position.  Hence lots of skinned knuckles and
cursing of VW genius engineers.
  The post that I seem to recall indicated that by using a longer
flexible hose this awkward situation could literally be circumvented. :-)

Larry A.

Frank Condelli wrote:

>In a message dated 12/11/2005 5:48:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>Re: Fuel  tank cross over tube
>
>
>    I guess what people are missing here is that our  friends at VW do not
>sell those plastic nipples on either side of that cross  over tube without the
>tube.  It is sold as a unit.  So to replace a  broken or damaged nipple you
>need to buy the whole assembly so you get a new  tube.  In some cases the tube
>parts company with the nipple, easy to put  back but should be hose clamped for
>security.  Rarely does the tube  fail.  Most often it is the nipple that fails
>so........back to buying the  whole enchilada !
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank Condelli
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