I recently posted this link in your other thread:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9Mh37neYGhA/TSJsbPW14fI/AAAAAAAAES8/t031e7xWoRs/s512/1985gasFillPipe2.jpg

it shows the O rings between that part and tube itself.

I'm think the part you're asking about isn't meant to be removed. I bet the
O rings are NLA or NWA  (Never Were Available      ;^)

Do you have the larger plastic part that twist locks to body? I'm pretty
twist locks onto body and the part you show etc. fastens to it. P. 20.27 in
Bentley should shed some light though it shows a clamp and no ball. The
filler tube I have in the basement has the ball but no clamp as shown in
Bentley.

Neil.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Bryan Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com
> wrote:

> I have my new used tube ready to go in and I have a question.  Take a look
> at http://www.feddishbasses.com/fillerTube.html . Does that end piece
> come off or does that come up from behind the hole in the van? If if does
> come off,  what is the best way to get it off without breaking it.
>
> The second picture down is the �floaty ball� that some people were asking
> about.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>

-- 
Neil n

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