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Subject:Re: Dual Fuel Tanks in a Syncro!? (was: syncro fuel tanks and snow tyres)
From:Helmut Zeidler
Date:Mon, 20 Oct 1997 10:42:38 +0300

>Did you other Syncro owners catch that?  Dual
>fuel tanks in a Syncro.  I've noticed that the
>2WD fuel tank has a "tunnel" in the top side of
>it about the right size for a drive shaft to run
>through.

Maybe, it looks like that the tunnel allows to run
the drive shaft through. But it is designed to run
the heater pipe for the aircooled from rear to front.
The pipe is flexible. Below the walkthrough there
is a lot of space and the heat pipe turns upwards
right in the middle of the tank. The additional
space is used for the tank. In my eyes, there will
be no space for the drive shaft or the front gearbox
if the tank is mounted in that area.

Helmut
'80 Camper