On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Scott DeSanti wrote:

> Hello Good Volks and Happy Fathers Day!
>
>          I just spend yesterday evenging beneath my trusty vanagon.  Dropped
> the gas tank and replaced all the rotted hoses to the expansion tank.
> Could'nt have done it without info from the list.  Thanks again.
>
>                 I was just wondering, however...... has anyone thought of using a Syncro
> fuel tank installed in parallel with the 2wd tank to increase fuel capacity?
> Seems like a lot of room up there in front of the engine.  Maybe there's some
> way to take advantage of that.  Just a thought.
>
    I'm not sure if it would work, but if it does VW should have
put ALL Vanagon gas tanks there. This would have shifted more weight
to the drive wheels like the old busses have. Traction on Vanagons
isn't so great in snow and mud. With the battery move to the rear and
a few other things, the Syncro and all it's extra weight would not
have been neccessary......Now this would be the hot setup......
I may have talked myself in to a news project, now that I have a
spare Syncro for parts!
                              ERic