Date:         Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:14:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: gas overflow
Comments: To: Deborah Walters <debbwa@earthlink.net>
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Just [ I hope ] finishing that job.  If you have AC I think you can forget
doing it without dropping the tank.  And you'd better know exactly what's up
there if you're going to do it blind.

Run the thing out of gas, then when you disconnect the lines to drop the
tank only about a gallon of gas or so will run in your face.  You need a new
o ring for the sender unit [I should have gotten the new sender as well,
darn] then you need new grommets for the crossover tube and the vapor
recovery tubes.  New hose, new crossover tube, new clamps for the above.
And, oh, yeah, a new breather tube and it's stuff.  That's what I'm waiting
for now.

You MUST route the crossover tube OVER the lines running front to back,
shifter rod and all.  Vaseline helps reinstall the grommets.  The vendors
have the kits with all this except the sender unit and the breather tube.
Trust me, order the breather tube at least, and the sender if you want an
accurate gas gauge.

Mike



On 10/23/02 4:09 PM, "Deborah Walters" <debbwa@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Searched the archives about a gos overflow problem (spilling across the
> whole back side of the tank when I filled up tonight) and learned that it is
> likely that the grommets have to be replaced, and that it a job that needs
> to be done "blind" if I'm not gonna drop the tank.  Can someone tell me what
> I am looking at (no pun intended)?  Do the expansion tank hoses simply
> insert into the grommets, or over a nipple on the grommets, or what?  How
> many grommets are there that I should replace?
>
> I don't have a Bently (asked for one for Christmas), and the repair manual I
> do have doesn't discuss the tank at all.
>
> Thanks,
>
> deb
> '85 Westy "Gypsy"
>