Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:32:01 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Leaking Gas Tank
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I'd at least call them and try to get some satisfaction by calling them
*rat finks* or something.
Other than that just try to get a qualified shop to do the necessary
work.
A local firestone store fouled up just installing a set of spark plug
wires on my 92 Ford Crown Vic, they simply stretched one wire so bad it
separated the carbon fiber wire. How the hell can you do that?
They managed ........ they installed a new wireset.
Stan
On Mon, 27 May 2002 22:16:30 -0400 "Russell, William"
<william.russell@uw-inc.com> writes:
> Stan,
>
> That would be an excellent idea except for one thing: I live in
> Hamilton, Ontario and the shop was in Vancouver, British Columbia.
> That's about 4500km away. As Homer would say, "D'Oh!"
>
> \/\/i!!y
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Wilder [mailto:wilden1@juno.com]
> Sent: May 27, 2002 19:47
> To: william.russell@UW-INC.COM
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Leaking Gas Tank
>
> local shop to get some work done
> ------------------
> I'd take it back to those nice guys at the local shop and let them
> work
> through the Bentley to get it right.
> With me it would be a matter of revenge for all the trouble they put
> me
> through.
> Turn about fair play and so forth.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Mon, 27 May 2002 19:23:25 -0400 "Russell, William"
> <william.russell@UW-INC.COM> writes:
> > So, while my baby (van) sat waiting for me to come and pick it up
> in
> > Vancouver, I decided to have my brother drop it off at a local
> shop
> > to
> > get some work done. I don't have the name with me right now but I
>
> > will
> > send it to everyone later as I would NOT recommend that anyone use
>
> > this
> > shop. I needed a new gas tank so I asked them to replace it.
> > Unfortunately, I was not aware of the genuine vs. knock-off
> argument
> > for
> > tanks and the shop decided I didn't need to make that decision
> and
> > installed a knock-off. That's fine. I can deal with that. They
> > replaced it and put $10 of gas in it. Thanks. Unfortunately, the
>
> > next
> > time I filled it up (and tried squeezing every drop that I could
> > into
> > the tank) I gave the gas attendants a heart attack. My baby was
> > peeing
> > gasoline out as quickly as I was putting it in. Upon inspection
> I
> > realized that there were hoses missing that connect the tank to
> the
> > overflow reservoir on the driver's side. (nice job) I
> immediately
> > returned to the shop quite pissed off and they quickly threw on a
>
> > couple
> > pieces of hose.
> >
> >
> >
> > I thought it was fixed and headed off across the country.
> > Unfortunately, at the next fill up I realized that now instead of
>
> > peeing
> > gas in a nice even stream, it was just gushing from the bottom
> front
> > of
> > the tank. The tank itself does not seem to be leaking, it's got
> to
> > be
> > somewhere in the lines.
> >
> >
> >
> > I looked at Bently and I notice that there is a line that
> connected
> > the
> > overflow escape on the top/front/right hand side of the tank to
> the
> > overflow on the top/front/left hand side of the tank. I suspect
> > that
> > piece is missing. Does anyone have any other ideas? If not, do I
>
> > need
> > to remove the tank in order to replace that piece? :(
> >
> >
> >
> > \/\/i!!y
> >
> > 1980 Westy "Jazzy"
> >
>
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