> > On another note, I bought a brand new right fender arch for Ebay for $26. > It > was a South African replacement. I never gave it a second thought until > this > morning that SA vans being RHD might not have the gas filler on the right > side. Well, the pics show this arch has no such hole. I guess this is > perfect for my Syncro. If the UK and SA vans had holes in the opposite > side, > that is certainly something good to know for those who may want to add a > spare gas tank filler on the driver's side.
RHD (SA, UK, or Aussie) vans have the fuel filler on he same side as LHD
vans. That let VW use the same fuel tank and filler tube for all 2WD T3's.
I've seen a secondary fill port there in pics of Bernd Jäger's high roof
Syncro:
<http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/DEUTSCH/Campingbus/campingbus.html>
I suspect it's plumbed into an aux fuel tank like the ones he sells:
<http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/DEUTSCH/Spezialitaten/spezialitaten.html>
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John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
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