Doug,

you wrote:
"If you have a nice vanagon and dont absolutely know beyond the shadow
of a doubt that your fuel lines are 100% about the only things you can
do as a precaution are:
1. carry a really good fire extinguisher.
2. Get a sheet metal plate for the rear engine hatch area to cover the
fiberglass engine cover.
3. use a metal engine cover from an older vanagon.
4. find a nomex blanket to use over the rear engine cover."

How about fixing / replacing the fuel lines instead?  Several list
vendors sell the materials in a nice package.  I have two that I don't
need.  Bought for my 84 and Syncro.  Junked the 84 and did a conversion
in the Syncro.  My 85 got all new lines and fittings about 20 months ago
when the PO had a rebuilt engine put in.

Sam

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Sam Walters
Baltimore, MD

89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside
85 Westy Weekender
85 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel - to become veggie oil powered

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