

| Subject: | Re: re-shaping vanagon gas tank for more capacity (Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas |
| From: | Mike Miller |
| Date: | Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:40:03 -0700 |
Anyone figure out what the increase would be? Mike On 9/25/06 8:49 AM, "JordanVw@AOL.COM" <JordanVw@AOL.COM> wrote: > i took a junk vanagon gas tank to my local welder and he thinks he can do > this.. i cut the tanks open, clean them out thoroughly, let them dry, and he > will weld them. if it is a sucess, would there be any interest in these? i > have a number of good gas tanks here that i could do this to.. > > basically we are talking about cutting the gas tank open on the top at the > perimeter of the "saddle" depression, and welding in new metal to replace the > area of the "saddle" (that vw should have eliminated with the demise of the > aircooled vanagon), therefore increasing fuel capacity of the stock 2wd tank. > > anyone interested? > > chris > >
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