Jack, that is windshield washer fluid reservoir.  It is accessed by lifting the carpet under the driver's side dash area.  Another oddity of these vehicles.  mcneely

---- 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

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David McNeely