Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki Expedition raft was made of balsa logs roped
together - you're probably thinking of the Ra Expedition raft which they
made of reeds in Africa and which foundered in the middle of the Atlantic!
=)

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> The hard line as you call it,
> is a black plastic line coming from the fuel pump.
> You will find it right above the starter .......in your 84.
>
> As I have said many times, run the fuel hose directly to the hard plastic
> fuel line.
> I see no sense at all in running it through a hole in the firewall with a
> rubber grommet.
> Why make a spot that can wear when there is no need to ?
>
> there's a nice fat spot alongside bell housing to run the fuel line.
>
> About mounting things ...
> and I am a real safety nut, have built and raced cars and motorcycles, and
> worked on aircraft ..
> so I am always thinking about what is simplest and most reliable.
> Something that made an impression on me decades ago - the Kon Tiki Raft ...
> it was made entirely out of reeds ..........
> so the entire large raft was like a big floppy mattress.....there is no one
> part on it where anything can exert any real force that can do any damage.
>
> so 'hard mounting' is just one method, and not always the best at all.
> 'Soft Mounting' works quite well.
> Just make sure nothing can rub and wear.
> also ....KISS - keep it simple stupid.
>
> just run the fuel hose to the plastic line.
> one hose, one clamp.
> the fewer the parts, the less there is to fail or leak.
> can't make it any simpler than that.
>
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Katy Hahn" <ahwahneevw@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 7:34 AM
> Subject: Re: question about thermostat ... or not
>
>
>  On 3/4/10, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with just eliminating the fire starter completely. I installed
>>> a rubber grommet in the fire starter hole and ran one solid piece of
>>> fuel line (all the way from the fuel filter.)
>>>
>>
>> So I will undo the firewall gadget, replace with a gommet (thanks
>> Robert for the p/n) and use one longer piece of correct fuel hose in
>> place of the two+fitting in there now.
>>
>> However, on my '84 the fuel hose forward of the firewall is short --
>> maybe 3" -- connecting then to a hard line that moves on in the
>> direction of the tank.
>>
>> Several of the descriptions had me expecting to see a much longer
>> section of hose forward of the firewall.
>>
>> Are there differences in the early and late systems?  Or has mine been
>> messed with?  Or perhaps I am not looking in the right place (though I
>> get a pretty good view of things peering behind the RR tire).
>>
>> Geo
>>
>

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