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Subject:Re: bill of materials needed-r&r fuel tank hoses and seals
From:Robert Fisher
Date:Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:44:29 -0700

The list vendors sell a kit for this job. The archives have all the info you
need.

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "nick greenaway" <ngreenaway@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: bill of materials needed-r&r fuel tank hoses and seals

>i need to replace what seals and hoses go to the fuel tank on my 83
> westy. i need to know what to have on hand before i drop the tank. i
> can see one hose (a breather? underneath and going into the main
> filler) is brittle and breaking, and immediately weeps on filling, i
> imagine the rest are the same. i dont think i can afford to wait till
> after my cross country trip next week- not only does it leak on
> fill-up but i think a low pressure under the van while driving may be
> sucking out gas too- i had it happen on a mercedes diesel once, i
> left the fuel cap partly open once, lost half a tank.
>
> also, whats the procedure for dropping the tank?
> thanx in advance
> nick
>
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