I had a similar issue on my '86.  I did fix the brunt of the problem, but
it still happens on some of the pumps. I suppose I'm a bit less ambitious
than some.  When filling the tank, when I know intuitively that it is
almost filled, I slow the flow and listen.  You can hear the sound of the
fill change easily as it approaches the filler, and simply click off. I
admit this is the lazy guy solution...but it works.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:52 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>        I have actually toyed with the idea of cutting a hole or holes in
> the
> depression & then having a piece of similar sheet metal welded on to
> cover the whole depressed area which would also produce more tank
> capacity ~ maybe someday
>
>                                                                        ORR
> ~ DeanB
>
>
>
> On 11 Mar , 2013, at 12:36 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
>  So, is there any good reason why some after market entrepreneur has
>> not developed a tank without the depression down the middle that
>> would not need the crossover system?  Just wonderin'.  mcneely
>>
>> ---- Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>>
>>> Good explanation here:  http://www.gowesty.com/**
>>> library_article.php?id=317<http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=317>
>>>
>>> Rich
>>> San Diego
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 3/11/13, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Date: Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:51 AM
>>>
>>>    I know this may be somewhere in the archives.   I have never
>>> found the
>>> archives useable, so I am just List-asking straight out...
>>>
>>>    My 84 has always had a slight gas odor after filling to the
>>> top...and
>>> not just from the usual 'spitting-up' that frequently seems to
>>> happen when
>>> you use the gas pump's auto shut-off feature...   I've just been
>>> 'living
>>> with it' forever, thinking it was not so big a deal,  but I recently
>>> noticed, after filling up, there was actually a small pool of
>>> gasoline
>>> under my van, and more still dripping out....Dunno whether this has
>>> been
>>> going on all along and I just noticed, or maybe the leak/overflow
>>> problem
>>> is getting worse....but not that I've seen this, I want to take
>>> care of the
>>> problem...
>>>
>>>    Can someone point me to the fix for this problem, which I assume
>>> is
>>> frequent with our older vans, rotting hoses, etc...Thanks
>>>    Don Hanson
>>>
>>
>> --
>> David McNeely
>>
>