Date:         Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:29:40 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: 86 fuel filter fix and frustrations...
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> OK, OK, let's settle down now and I'll give ya the straight "skinny" on
> this subject, which has been discussed from time to time on this list...
> So some Vanagons had two filters - one plastic square and one
> metal round.  And some Vanagons had just the round metal....

> The plastic filter in question is actually a Bosch 71013 commonly
available
>  from guys described by Westydriver (well, maybe Ken at Vanagain can't
> get any, but I can't imagine why, the local Bosch Distribution Center
> has about 500 or so). . Oh yeah,  the VW # is 133-133-511 and is
> currently available @ $10.95 from them.


Or $5.95 from me.  I list them under the VW number 133 133 511, and always
keep them in stock.


> Now the other filter Andrew Fox was talking about, the Bosch 71028, the
> round metal cannister, that's installed AFTER the fuel pump. These were
> generally installed on every year of a gasoline powered Vanagon


I sell this under the Bosch number, 71028, for $9.95.

However, my experience has not been the same as Jim's that almost every
gas-engined Vanagon has this metal filter. In fact most pre-1986
non-California Vanagons I've seen have only had the plastic one.  After
1986, I've seen some vans that had both filters and some that only had the
metal one. I usually tell people to take a peak under their van and see
which filter(s) they have before ordering a replacement, just to be sure.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  (215) 234-VWVW
  www.busdepot.com

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