I got it out fine. Rubber good, fittings good, lines good. Actually, tank
good. Gas BAD!! Very very very bad!!! Looked like something out of a
cesspool, not a car. No rust. Lots of red clay dust (car spent its life in
Georgia and Alabama, so there you go) and a mysterious milky white
substance and about half gallon of water. Scott is right... lower fiddle,
lower, fiddle, and so on. Hope putting it back is not a two person job!

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  Sure wish there was ..
> that vent line across the top goes over two coolant pipes and the parking
> brake cable..
> so it's always ..lower tank some, undo some things,
> low some more, undo some more things.
> Real pain that way.
>
> I have wondered though why that 1/2 inch or so plastic pipe joining the
> two outer vent ports even needs to be there.
> One of these days I'll try a tank without that pipe joining the side.
> That would help to make it more straightforward out and back in.
>
> more or less though ...no mater how you do the tank R & R it's just kinda
> a PIA .
>
> scott
> www.turbovans.com
>  On 8/11/2012 7:38 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
> My 2.1 2WD has a dirty fuel tank. So dirty, in fact, that when I pull the
> rubber hose off of the pump, little or nothing comes out without some
> compressed air going into the filler tube.
>
> The car does not have any other leaking issue. In saying that, I mean that
> the upper pipe, hoses and seals are not being a problem.
>
> My question is (because I have never done this before on a vanagon) is
> there a shortcut to pulling and replacing the tank that doesn't involve
> dealing with all that stuff on top of the tank?
>
> I plan to get the tank out and in the driveway where I can use a pressure
> washer to remove the crud. Any tips on that will be appreciated as well.
>
> Jim
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