caveat: the tank I'm referring to may be a totally different make.

When I had minor gas tank fit issues with my '81, I had wondered if
the frame rails (my term) were out of spec. i.e. not parallel. Bentley
Body section shows measurements.

Could one determine the OEM distance between these rails via
measurements shown in Body section? That said, I'd think
a Vanagon would have to sustain really substantial body damage to whack
those rails out of spec.

The more likely issue I'd wondered about, was the *slightly* malformed
lip at tank
was rubbing and binding at area arrow points to here:
http://tinyurl.com/p7dx9pf
You can see where paint was scraped
during install (and re-install).
That bump at the tank edge made seating the tank
tough. You can kind of see the bump in this image:
http://tinyurl.com/orbjtwg

Neil.

On 6/9/15, John Dillon <johndillon@johndillon.com> wrote:

> I sent a video of how it was installed … and how it didn’t fit … i can get
> out and get the tank from ol’ rolf and measure it … but i sent a video of
> how it was installed and how the hole in the tank is 1” lower than the hole
> thru the frame … the frame is on an 82 vanagon …

-- 
Neil n

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