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Subject:Re: Check those fuel lines!
From:Roger Whittaker
Date:Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:39:38 -0700

dear cant find

is it in this picture
http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3618
yours

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Scott Chapman <scott_list@mischko.com>wrote:

> Dave, I can't find this grommet you're talking about.  Please can
> someone point it out?  I've looked at vanagain, busdepot, van-cafe.
> Where else should I be looking?
>
> Dave Mcneely wrote:
> > You don't need that.  Put a rubber grommet in the hole in the firewall,
> and run fuel tubing through it.  You can eliminate two connections including
> that connector.  The online vendors sell appropriate grommets if you don't
> have a local source.
> >
> >
> > ---- Scott Chapman <scott_list@MISCHKO.COM> wrote:
> >
> >> you mean this?
> >> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=803898
> >>
> >>
> >> Shawn Wright wrote:
> >>
> >>> To all Vanagon owners still using gas engines: PLEASE check those fuel
> >>> lines, and replace the plastic firewall 'T' if you haven't already!
> (mine
> >>> developed a leak at the T which sprayed fuel onto the starter and
> exhaust -
> >>> I was lucky enough to catch it in time.)
> >>>
> >>> The local papers on the weekend had photos of yet another nice Vanagon
> Westy
> >>> going up in flames. This is the second one I've seen locally in recent
> >>> years. The first one I came upon just after it started, and it was a
> very
> >>> sad sight. My brother also lost his '68 Bus many years ago this way.
> >>>
> >>> So if you haven't checked, or the van is new to you, do yourself a
> favour
> >>> and check/replace those lines! These vans are getting harder to replace
> >>> every day!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
> >
> >
>

--
roger w
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