Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:04:00 -0800
Reply-To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagondalism
In-Reply-To: <410-22005132618325993@earthlink.net>
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There is a replacement filler neck in metal- but you
have to go to the early gas tank with the big hole.
Air-cooleds and the Diesel use a metal filler neck.
You can cover the filler neck . It sounds like they
gave up trying to go thru the cap.
What they don't know is all they have to do is
disconnect the outflow line to the pump.You can drain
into a 2 gallon can easily.
Oh, I should'nt have said this! I just made things
easier for the gas thieves lurking on this list.
Robert
1982 Westfalia
--- Randy Bergum <organslave@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> I've always wondered about that setup - 'twould be
> neat to have a permanent
> metal arrangement to replace the plastic,
> smog-failing, mother-fathers.
> Stainless steel would be best - no corrosion, and
> strong enough to take
> gravel strikes. Just make sure it doesn't rub on
> any frame members and
> wear a hole in it.
> Don't know about installation - do you have to bend
> the plastic filler a
> little to install it?
>
> Randy Bergum
> 1990 Carat
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Date: 1/26/2005 10:10:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: Vanagondalism
> >
> > On 1/26/05 10:45 AM, "RP" <personalbsd@YAHOO.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I have been getting lousy gas mileage on the
> last
> > > tankful, and went to fill up today. I noticed
> that my
> > > locking gas cap was busted and sitting in the
> opening.
> > > So I figured this explained my lousy gas
> mileage,
> > > someone must have siphoned my gas.
> > > THEN when I went to fill it up, gas starting
> spilling
> > > out all over the place.
> > > Someone has cut (nice clean cut) my fuel filler
> neck
> > > hose.
> > > So I know I need to replace my gas cap and fuel
> filler
> > > neck hose, but what else might there be in need
> of
> > > replacing, assuming that nothing else was
> vandalised?
> > >
> > > Rick
> > > Sacramento
> > > 91 westy
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Rick
> > Look up under there for the vent hoses and see if
> they got snipped as
> well.
> >
> > Also there was a similar incident here a while
> back that was caught on a
> > security camera (not on a vanagon but a chevy or
> ford commercial) the
> camera
> > caught the duo ripping off the gas cap to siphon.
> Couldn¹t siphon so went
> > under and cut the filler hose or fuel line.
> Couldn¹t tell which and they
> > didn¹t say which it was.
> >
> > ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
> > jimt
> > Planned insanity is best.
> > Remember that sanity is optional.
> > http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
> > http://www.westydriver.com
>
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