The '84 I cut up (& later opened the cap to see the sump area but did
not take a picture) had no rust, no screens either. The van was
running out of gas at the 3/4 tank mark and the fuel was really
noisy. The new tank cured everything.
I feel better now that I've actually 'seen' the screens <g>.

Rob

At  1/25/2012 08:40 PM, John Anderson wrote:
>Later ones have a whit (ish) pickup screened on the bottom that
>floats in the center there where yours has that little sump.  I've
>never opened up an early one like that Rob, actually in some ways a
>bit better if the gas finds it way into the little baffled sump area
>there...  Nice pics, I take it was rusted down in the sump area?
>
>John
>
>From: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>The one tank I opened up had no screen, does anyone have a picture of
>it? Here is the tank from my '84
>http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa190/becida/84%20Fuel%20tank/ . I
>did later take the plate off to inspect the tubes, just tubes. A
>photo would be great!
>
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