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Subject:Re: broke fuel expansion vent valve
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:40:42 -0700

if you need a good used expansion tank........
those tanks right inside the front wheel wells.....
with two small hoses to each  on the bottom, and one to the top, I can sell
you a good used one.

I never remove those - they can be very hard to get back exacty where they
were.
scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:29 AM
Subject: broke fuel expansion vent valve

>I thought I'd remove the expansion tanks, since I'm removing my fuel
> tank, and clean out all the accumulated dirt above/behind them.  Well of
> course I managed to break off one of the expansion vent valve nipples.
>
> Are these repairable?  JB Weld or something similar?  If not, are they
> available and from whom?   Did not see them on any of the usual vendor
> web sites.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL