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Subject:Re: What the heck is this?
From:Tom Lambas
Date:Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:31:24 -0500

Yeah, I knew I was wrong as soon as I saw the right answer.B-)
On Jul 10, 2011 9:17 PM, "BenT Syncro" <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> That piece would be further forward than this tank. Note the red battery
cable in Squirrel's pic. Probably passenger side.
>
>
>
> BenT
>
> sent from my electronic leash
>
> On Jul 10, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Tom Lambas <twlambas@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > Windshield washer fluid tank I believe.
> >
> > On Jul 10, 2011 8:26 PM, "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> In the driver's side front wheel well is a bulgy-shaped tank of
> >> translucent white plastic. Looks like something that fell out of a
cow's
> >> nose, if the cow was the size of a house.
> >>
> >> There is a tube, or stiff hose, that goes to it, or sorta close to it.
> >> My son and I found this loose tube today when we were routing wires for
> >> gauge senders from the engine compartment forward. Can't tell where the
> >> tube went or if it's just supposed to hang there, open like that.
> >>
> >> See photo at
> >>
> >> <
> >
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FoRHHsDdb8sM2I7wJ6XxVlJbs0jfqWzYGmp3wNhwT3E?feat=directlink
> >>
> >>
> >> What is that tank and what is that tube/hose?
> >>
> >> 1984, 1.9L, auto transmission. Shoe size: 10W, favorite color: orange.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott)
> >> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> >> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> >> Bend, OR
> >> KG6RCR