The fuel tank is not that hard to get at all.
A few vendors sell them.
I recommend getting the highest quality one you can find, not the cheapest
one you can find.

I got one a few months ago from Van Cafe and was quite pleased with it.

and.........there is another factor you should know about ...2WD Vanagon
fuel tanks come in two versions..
yours has a large metal filler neck, which can be a real pain to get back in
where the small screws are at the top ...where those screws to through a
rubber boot into a ( nicely over-built ) bronze collar...
solid, but nasty to work on.

the later 'other style' uses a small diameter plastic fuller neck, and those
are a breeze to remove and re-install.
When I got the Van Cafe tank ..it's the one for the later smaller plastic
filler neck,
and they sold a good used filler neck to go with their tank, or I sold the
customer one of mine.

That's the Supplier, the tank, and the type of filler neck I recommend ..
and I expect Van Cafe sells new level senders too ..
and those are all the same for all 2WD vanagons as far as I know .
 I've never had to replace one.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "ralph meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:27 PM
Subject: Gas/fuel tank

> Yea ofcourse with the age of these beauties comes issues!! Problem of fuel
> sender being crappy and not having a gas/fuel cap for how long before I
> saved this westy I don't know?? I hat the fuel tank out to get rust and
> junk out due to issues and looked ad fuel sender, it was so nasty I did
> not
> dare remove it so how common is this tank? And approx how much$  is it
> gonna cost for tank and sender???
>
> Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy