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Date:         Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:09:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gypsy is gone...
Comments: To: Hans Achter <hansachter@HOTMAIL.COM>
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It maybe one that has two sizes on, different on each end ... Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Achter" <hansachter@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:49 PM Subject: Re: Gypsy is gone...

> 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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