I have found I have to do this crossover tube repair/ replacement
that Allan mentions about every 5 years or so. :-(  Most recently, I
was charged 4 hours labor and $85.91 parts (incl tax) to do this
repair before I sold my '81.

Melissa Mourkas
'84 Westy Honey Bee
Sacramento, CA

On Sep 15, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Allan Streib wrote:

> Several of the well-known vendors on this list sell a "repair kit" for
> this; it does require removing or at least partly lowering the tank.
>
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:32 -0700, "Michael Kimball"
> <kimballmk@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> Gas overflows on ground when filling.  Any similar experiences or
>> fixes? I try to guess how  much to put in to avoid this.