Larry,
     I recall that you can istall one side(left I
think) before pushing the tank all the way up and
reach from the front, where the spare tire would be to
position the right side after the tank is pushed into
position?  gary
Date:    Sun, 13 Nov 2005 07:00:25 -0600
From:    Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Subject: Re: Fuel tank cross over tube

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.

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