hi ..
sounds like you got an 83 diesel tank,
or an 83 to 85 1.9 wbxr tank.

the extra hole is for a level sensor , which your van doesn't have ( though
the wires and connector are there for one, in 82 DV's. )

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Lee" <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: 82 Coolant Tank retrofit help

> Patch it is.
>
> I have it cleaned, sanded, cross scored with a blade, cleaned, solvent
> cleaned, singed with a lighter to expose carbon for bonding.  Now it's
> tape
> masked for a controlled clean patch.
>
> I've got fresh JB Weld on hand. I will now do a thin coat, imbed
> fiberglass
> wallboard tape for reinforcing.
> After short short cure a second thin coat of JB weld.
>
> I know the West System, Its great. But not on hand hear and I am driving
> tomorrow.
>
> Thanks again to all for the assistance.
>
> Scott, I have no idea ID of the wrong tank I purchased.  It was mislabeled
> in the listing.  Wrong moouning points, extra hole on top. Bigger pose
> nipples. I'm returning it.
>
> Frank
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I have brand new 82 Diesel Expansion tanks in stock for $149.  The part
>> > number is 068121405B.
>> >
>> > I have two in stock at the moment.  Why cobble something together when
>> > you can buy a brand new (not NOS) OE tank?
>> > Made by VW in Germany.
>> >
>> > HTH.
>> >
>> > Ken Wilford
>> > John 3:16
>> > www.vanagain.com
>> >
>> >
>>   I have one of those brand new tanks in my vanagon...kept as a spare,
>> under my bench seat now for about 25k miles and a couple of years time.
>> I
>> patched my old leaky one using WEST epoxy, which I find easier, less
>> expensive and more versitile than JB Weld for stuff like this.  I got the
>> second because I thought my 'temporary' fix wouldn't actually work for
>> long, but it has.... so I have not  changed to the new one.
>>  Amazing stuff, epoxy.  The West System has various additives you can mix
>> in to give it different characteristics, depending on what you want to do
>> with it..
>>
>>  The repair process outlined in another post, that's about right....I use
>> Simple Green to de-grease, then I use a wire wheel to rough-up the
>> plastic.  I clean it well with acetone before the epoxy goes on.  "Clean"
>> is the key to getting a lasting bond with any epoxy patch..
>>
>>  Don Hanson
>>