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Subject:Re: did I get a defective gas tank
From:neil N
Date:Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:50:16 -0800
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu> wrote:
> My '81 needs a new gas tank, so I got one.  Looking
> inside, I see that the fuel pickup tube appears to
> not be connected or soldered correctly.  Here's what
> I see:
> http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/VW/pickup.jpg
> This is the pickup, shot through the filler hole.
> In the back you can see the return which looks OK.
>
> Is this, indeed, a defective tank?

FWIW Richard, here's one of my pages with a very similar pic of a new
tank I got from California Imports: (the number shown in pic 3 is on
the new tank)

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/newgastank

Neil.

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