Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:48:41 -0700
Reply-To: nick greenaway <ngreenaway@YAHOO.COM>
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From: nick greenaway <ngreenaway@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: bill of materials needed-r&r fuel tank hoses and seals
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ok, if its so specialized, the parts; maybe i have to shadetree
engineer it. maybe a tube or two of RTV would hold the gas in till i
have a mailing address long enough to order the real parts i need?
nick
--- Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good Luck. Many of the pieces necessary are specialized items,
> like the
> grommets, plastic crossoverpipe, etc., which are DEFINITELY NOT
> available
> from the FLAPS like Autozone, Checkers, Kragens, Carquest,
> O'Reilleys......Even the filler seal is only available from the
> dealer or
> the list vendors like Bus Depot, Vanagain, Van Cafe, etc. And the
> dealer
> does not stock any of this stuff anymore, it's only special order,
> with as
> long as a week for it to come depending on which regional warehouse
> it comes
> from.
>
> You may have to suck it up and call one of the list vendors on
> Monday to get
> a next day or 2 day shipment to El Paso if you wanna "get 'r' done"
> before
> Thursday.
>
> You may be able to get the correct sized hoses from yer local
> vee-dub supply
> house. Most of them are 5mm ID hoses, the same that are used on
> carb model
> bugs and buses, about 3 foot worth.
>
> Have a floor jack handy to lower the tank down and follow the rest
> of the
> procedures in the archives. It's about a 3 or 4 hour job depending
> yer
> skills. I spent the weekend taking my time on mine because I had
> other
> stuff to do while performing this outa many other maintenance tasks
> on
> mine. Whatever you do, don't rush the job.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> **********************************
> On 8/19/06, nick greenaway <ngreenaway@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > id be more than happy to support a vendor who takes time to
> support
> > the list(actually, id prefer to), however thursday is my last day
> in
> > el paso(hopefully, never to return!). nonetheless, i dont have
> time
> > to wait for something to arrive by mail, so i have to know what
> to
> > scrounge up locally(the movers will be here monday so that day is
> > shot when it comes to wrenchin and scroungin). the local veedub
> shop
> > closes at 5, but other than the filler seal, i imagine everything
> > else should be obtainable at autozone or somewhere like that
> > thanx
> > nick
> >
> > --- Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote:
> >
> > > The list vendors sell a kit for this job. The archives have all
> the
> > > info you
> > > need.
> > >
> > > Robert
> >
>
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