Rod:

I generated a lot of messages in February '09 about gas
tanks.  I got a new one from Bus Depot and one of the vent
tubes was brazed after it had been bent, so had a leak.
http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/BadTank.jpg
Here's what it  should have looked like
http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/GoodTank.jpg

I talked with the folks at Bus Depot and they looked
through their inventory and found a whole bunch were
defective as mine.  Then they found a good one and
sent it to me.

All these tanks have the same stampings on them and the
boxes indicate Taiwan.  Other vendors have the same tanks.
I think they are the only tanks available.

Check the messages in 2/09.  The Bus Depot made good; I
suspect other vendors would, too.  If I were ordering a
tank now, I'd call and discuss the defect and make sure
they were not inadvertently shipping a bad one--any
vendor.

My tank was for an '81, but I think BudDepot said both sizes
(of fill holes) had the problem, so it appears a whole
series of tanks came with the problem.

Richard