Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:06:44 -0500
Reply-To: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Syncro feed fuel line
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If I remember correctly a 3/8" fuel line will work, Or 10mm. I dought
you are going to find 10 MM, but most FLAPS will have 3/8"
Eric 86-VW4x4
vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro
Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
92-Jetta GWC
www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Hans Achter wrote:
> Good! Then can you or someone tell me what size fuel line my syncro needs for the short line
> between the tank and the pump? I asked once before and got only one answer and it was wrong. They
> said ETKA showed a 5mm line but it's obviously much larger.
> Hans
> 87 syncro vanaru
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darren Lastfogel" <dlastfogel@PLYFORMS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Gypsy is gone...
>
>
> > I volenteer to be the chair person to lead the (replace your fuel line
> > cause)lets unite.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Detroit Bus [mailto:detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:23 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Gypsy is gone...
> >
> >
> > Perhaps the "best" possible response to Deb's sad misfortune would be
> > the upgrading and replacement of fuel lines on old VWs all over the
> > world during the next several weeks. We could make this a joint effort
> > of sorts. Obviously there are other factors that cause vehicle fires
> > but as Ben convincingly states fuel line problems are the primary
> > instigator. (Can't wait to visit your shop next time I drive up to
> > Montreal, looks fun!)
> >
> > Last month I bought several meters of the correct high-pressure fuel
> > line and FI clamps from one of the list's vendor members, and have
> > been planning to retrofit my new Vanagon right after New Year's after
> > all the holiday obligations have ended, and while I have access to a
> > garage in Michigan (assuming I make the 700 mile journey from NYC to
> > Detroit without event!) In the past the *very* first thing I did to
> > any of my air-cooleds was to replace the fuel lines and clamps, even
> > before changing the oil. As no doubt hundreds of people on this list
> > will attest, there is scarcely a more miserable experience than
> > watching an engine fire devour months or years of work and care. My
> > brother once lost a fine Beetle convertible like this, just an hour
> > before he was supposed to finalize its sale for several thousand
> > dollars--in fact he was driving it to the new owner's house! The next
> > day he sold it to a junkyard for $50 (this was a while back...).
> >
> > Anyway, if anyone else has been planning to re-do the fuel lines on
> > their VW, perhaps we could all do this at the same time, say the
> > weekend of Jan 1-2, after you sleep off that hangover? That way if
> > anyone has questions or problems (I myself have never done this on a
> > Vanagon engine) there will be a lot of combined activity concentrated
> > on the same job simultaneously; as they say two heads (or fifty) are
> > better than one. For instance, I'm sorry to say that my fuel line
> > clamps look like little crusty brown barnacles so I'm already
> > anticipating some issues with removal, it would be great if I could
> > talk to someone who had encountered the same problem just minutes
> > before while every little detail is fresh in their head. Maybe we
> > could even spread this effort to other VW lists (vintage buses,
> > beetles, etc.) and make it a one weekend fuel line mass effort?
> >
> > This also gives anyone who wants to participate a week or two to order
> > and receive the correct hoses and parts (don't just use cheapo hose
> > clamps!!). If we get even ten or twenty classic VW's outfitted with
> > new fuel lines that weekend, it will be a great tribute to Deb's lost
> > Vanagon, and almost surely prevent a disaster somewhere.
> >
> > Any interest? I'll post again in January when I am in a dry garage
> > looking down at that first fuel injector...
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Garrick in Queens, NY
> > '87 GL Weekender
> >
> > *****
> > With fond remembrances of:
> > '77 Beetle
> > '67 Bus
> > '59 Pickup sn# 460440
> > '67 Beetle
> > '76 Camper Bus
> >
>
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