Interesting.

The tank that came out of my '81 and the new Brazilian tank have very
similar insides:

https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/newgastank

I have no idea if my old tank was OEM but it may have been.

Maybe there was a crossover of sorts happening around '84 involving both
types of tanks?

Or maybe with the diesel option in the earlier MY Vanagons, the tank didn't
require a filter?

Neil.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:30 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

Other cut open tanks I have seen had a filter down there. If you examine
> those photos closely you can see that the 4 metal supports that come
> together in the center of the tank have been folded over at the ends near
> the canter. AFAIK, this is to make room for a filter assembly basket that
> snaps down into the center hole. Fuel passes through the fine mesh outside
> surface of the basket and then drops down that hole into the lowest part of
> the tank where the pickup is.
>
> Here is a different photo of what was said to be an 84 tank cut open,
> showing the filter basket fitted where the 4 supports are folded at the
> canter.
>
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/**gallery/pix/889180.jpg<http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/889180.jpg>
>
> Mark
>
>
> neil n wrote:
>
>> Thanks for those pics.
>>
>> The new Brazilian tank I installed looks similar. So there's no filter in
>> depression at tank bottom?
>>
>>
--
Neil n

65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp

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