Thanks Tom. Makes sense. Didn't think of that.

FWIW to others, I suspect there's two reasons the tank doesn't line up well.

1. I applied a top coat of bed liner. I brushed it on. Maybe coating
too thick making tank slightly "larger" thus a tighter fit.

2. It's a lesser expensive tank purchased from California Imports.
Maybe it's just  poo poo ca ca. I suspect this is the more likely
scenario as I did sand down the top coat to help tank fit better.

Thankfully I kept the old tank. I may just toss the new one and reseal etc.

Dang.

Neil.

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> It seems to me that the rubber strip provides vibration isolation between
> the tank and frame.

> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>

> 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......

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