Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:06:55 -0500
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From: MilosKitchen <sagmoore@ZOOMINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
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No reason at all not to eliminate it, as now a-days there are much better
replacements. I broke mine merely twisting the old fuel hose off prior to
removing the original wbxer engine. The reason it is there is to have a
connection point (or disconnection point, if you will) to remove or
reinstall the engine. 20 years down the line there is a lot of hardware
available made of metal or other newer plastics that will do this job better
than the original fatigue weakened thermally cycled fitting waiting to
fracture and hose your engine externals with fuel.
Dave
P.S. I'm not being an alarmist. Some of the old fittings are quite fine,
some are definitely not. Sometimes, it is useful to perform a destructive
test on the subject in question before it bites me. I replace the offending
part with a new one (or a new solution), and see how easily the old part
breaks. Last year I was in the middle of this exercise when the old fitting
fractured inside the hose as I withdrew it. Very little effort was required,
which is what shocked me. This was a 1991 Carat automatic from Oklahoma. My
older '87 Syncro fitting was conversely tough as nails, but do I trust it
now? No.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
jbange
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
>Along with the fuel lines, please don't forget the nylon firewall
>fitting (white, or now yellow, it points down at the engine at a 45
>degree angle, mounted about the mid span of the firewall) with the fuel
supply pressure
>hoses attached. It really can be broken with the greatest of ease as I
>found out doing my engine conversion. Please change it too.
Regarding this firewall bulkhead fitting: is there a reason not to just
eliminate it entirely and just run a continuous fuel line through a big ol'
grommet instead? I haven't looked at it yet, but it sure sounds to me like
it's there for manufacturing convenience more than anything else.
John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
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