As discussed last year on the Syncro list, some early Syncro tanks came
with a one piece ring captive inside the tank. Daryl of AA Transaxle had
one and so did I. Mine was from an early 86 Syncro. All of the other
tanks I have worked on had the 2 piece type.

Mark

Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The ring with the bolts is two pieces. It can be easily removed. The studs
> are tacked to the split ring. A little grinding action and they can be
> removed.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Joel Cort
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Syncro fool sender ...
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Apparently this can be a real painful job, if the 8 little nuts are rusted
> on the bolts.  There are 8 nuts in a round ring holding the sender onto the
> platic tank.  VW was real smart with this design: they integretate an
> internal metallic ring with 8 bolts on them with a rubber seal on the inside
> of the tank and another rubber seal for the outside of the tank and the
> sender.  The problem is that this 8-bolt ring is a one piece unit that was
> integrated into the fool tank. I do not think it can be removed as one
> piece. Yes you are the fool by now if you have busted one or more bolts.  If
> you are lucky you will not bust any of the bolts in the removal process.
>
>.............