Roy:

Not all of us here on the list have Vanagon Veins!

Armed only with 1 quarter of high school auto mechcanics 25 years
ago, I managed to rebuild the heads, replace the head gaskets, replace
all the coolant hoses, fuel lines, install S&S headers and Turbo
muffler and replace all the indoor plumbing in my 1987 Westie.  It took
me (2) months.

Easy?? HECK NO!  A learning experience?  You bet! I can almost say
fun.  But one thing's for sure... the van runs better than new.

I, like so many others, had the same problem you've spoken of.  The
solution for me was in the replacement of the fuel lines and gaskets
around the tank.  Order the following ahead of time and have no more
than 1/4 tank of fuel as you'll have to lower the tank:

20 feet of 7mm High Pressure Fuel hose (for the whole van)
(1) 251-201-139A Fuel Filler grommet
(4) N-901-004-01 Fuel Tank "Y" gaskets
(2) N-901-005-01 Gravity (?) tank gaskets

Good luck!

Dan
'87 Westie

Roy Mellor wrote:
>
> I've been lurking and learning for a few weeks now. The expertise on
> this list is amazing and also a bit intimidating. You guys who remember
> circuits numbers from memory, whoah!
>
> It's time to post a question.
>
> My '85 Westy always splashes gas back out before shutting off the gas
> station's automatic pump. Is there some way to stop this?
>
> I thought this was a feature that I had to live with. After finding this
> list I bet this is really a solvable problem and somebody else out there
> has solved it already.
>
> Roy Mellor
> '85 Westy