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Subject:Re: Burnt Van Photos
From:Jason Ewing
Date:Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:27:32 -0400

I also recommend careful inspection of fuel rails.  I discovered while
replacing my lines that one had already been repaired with epoxy...Not
good.  I spent the time/money to replace the lines a few months back,
even though I've been planning a TDI swap since I bought it!

Jason Ewing

On 7/11/07, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:
> Nice, i tight them pretty strong! your about right, they need to be tight
> enough so they don't rotate. Me, i use an cordless drill with a clutch, i
> set the clutch at about 10. Well, you do one, test it and your set for all
> the others.
>
> Ben
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:12:08 -0700, Todd <dermultivan@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >Ben, I used your fuel line page (http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm) -
> probably wouldn't have done it myself w/out the great detail you provided.
> Hats off and thanks!
> >
> >By the way, I've read some talk about over-tightening the fuel line clamps
> - is there a rule of thumb to gauge what's tight enough but not too tight?
> Should they be just tight enough to not rotate freely by hand?  Other?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Todd
> >
> >
> >
> >Date:    Sat, 7 Jul 2007 12:22:10 -0400
> >From:    Ben <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
> >Subject: Re: Burnt Van Photos
> >
> >I have spent the last 4-5 years putting stuff on my site, writting here
> >so people could be more aware, i wonder if it's help??? yes, sometime i
> >wonder if all those hours behind my computer helped!
>