Agreed,
But if you don't do all the fuel lines TODAY, you may want to grab that
extinguisher from the garage, get any ole sheet metal plate from wherever
you can scrounge one, (back of your garage, home depot, yard birds,etc), and
go to REI and get a firepit blanket and put it under your rear cushion.

Even after you fix the lines its not a bad idea to have a firepit blanket
and piece of sheetmetal under your rear cushion. AND carry an extinguisher.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Walters" <sam.cooks@verizon.net>
To: "Doug F" <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>; "vanagon" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Burnt Vanagon of the Week

> 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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