I purchased one from GoWesty along with all the new rubber bits and pieces.
It's great to get in the Westy for a long trip, knowing that the new fuel
tank is in there.
No idea where it was made. It looked like a typical fuel tank to me.
Miguel

Miguel

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:19 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:

> Maybe one reason VW  never redesigned the tank was that if you had a
> watercooled Vanagon with the gas heater option (as a previous Vanagon of
> mine had) then that valley was still necessary for the duct work from the
> gas heater (damn I loved that heater!) and it also made resealing the tank
> a lot more challenging! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> > I got one from Van Café last year and it works fine.  Came in a large
> > box
> > with all the holes and connections properly covered. The only trick is
> > to
> > adjust the tabs slightly on the sender hole so the sender can properly
> > twist
> > in with a new 0-ring (which you should get).  Too bad they introduced
> > the
> > Vanagon with the aircooled engine.  If they had the waterboxer ready
> > there
> > could have been a larger tank without such a deep valley for a heat
> > duct
> > between the camel humps.
> > Stuart
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Steve Cotsford
> > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:31 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Aftermarket replacement fuel tanks.
> > Has anyone replaced their fuel tank with one of the aftermarket tanks
> > I see
> > from various suppliers.      I have seen for for as little as $98,
> > shipping
> > not included.    I guess they are made in China and do not have the
> > innards
> > the same as the oem.
> > I am considering replacing mine as a precautionary measure,    If not
> > now,
> > when I do my planned engine swap.
> > Thanks,  Steve=
>