---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Yep, it was just put there as a manufacturing convenience to make the engine
> install a bit easier I'm guessing.  I removed it, installed a grommet and
> ran my new fuel line though the firewall, just like on the return side.
> It's a PITA to reach from underneath, but I'll save the $40.  It's this
> plastic hose to rubber hose connection that pops off occasionally (this
> happened to me on my '84) and the connector does not eliminate that.  I
> stuff that plastic hose 2" into the rubber fuel line and use two clamps.  I
> think this connection is the cause of most fires because it was often poorly
> done at the factory.  When it pops off, fuel is sprayed right on the exhaust
> at 30 psi.  I was very lucky I didn't go up in flames.

Stuart, you mean that the steel connector does not prevent the fire starter from starting fires, right?

Mine is done with a grommet and a direct fuel hose, no connections at all at that position.  mcneely

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> From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans [mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com]
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> Holy Cow !
> 40 bucks..
> for a part that has no real purpose on a vanagon anyway !

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David McNeely