It seems to me that the rubber strip provides vibration isolation between
the tank and frame. I don't know what others comments will be but if the
factory thought it wise to add them I would reinstall them.

Tom
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
neil n
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC

Hi all.

Ok, found the gas leak.

Pic of tank fill hole alignment at frame  (72 Kb size image):
http://tinyurl.com/2e3ev52  It should show how poorly the tank fill
hole lines up. (tank too low)

Yellow circle shows where a rubber strip is between frame and tank.
There were at least 4 around lip of old tank.

Do I really need those 4 (or 6?) strips between tank and frame? Can't
see them in Bentley.  If I don't......

The tank was a tight fit (new) when installed. My hope is that if I
remove those rubber strips, I can then move the tank higher up to
better align the hole with frame. To that end.....

Have any other people found that fitting a new tank is tight, and, did
they successfully "hammer" it tight to frame? ("hammering" on 2x4
piece at lip of tank) I really don't want to malform the tank if I do
this.

The poor alignment up/down of tank eventually trashed the big donut
seal. This part locally is $40 so any expert direction would be most
welcome. I really don't want to do this again!    :)

Thanks,

Neil.

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