Date:         Wed, 6 Sep 2006 18:00:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Marion Lathem <resiolute@COPPER.NET>
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From:         Marion Lathem <resiolute@COPPER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Searching the archives, suggestions for successful searching
Comments: To: Sam Walters <sam.cooks@verizon.net>
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Sam,   Thanks for the information.  To everyone, you were very helpful.

    I pulled my gas tank down,  and found one of the coolant lines had
frozen and burst some winter back.  As you recall I'm restoring an 85
Vanagon GL.  There was also a place on the passenger side where somebody hit
something in the curve down place before it turns into the engine
compartment.  I cut it there, and pulled the split piece out from the front.
I have examined the pipe it seems in almost like new shape, inside and out.
I think I can braze the pipe,  force out the flattened place to allow more
flow, and put back on with a hose and 4 clamps.

  the gas tank, the top grommets are bad of course, and the small vent
hoses.  The cross over, appears to be in good shape as does the tank itself,
which I washed out really good a bit ago. The fuel inlet pipe grommet on the
side of the tank, I could not find listed  on EKTA, the picture was there
part 7 if I recall, but that page only went to 6..?   I saw the kit at
Busdepot,. $86.00 I don't need all that, and I can hunt most of it down
locally, I think.?
Any better ideas...on anything except take it to a shop..lol..?
Lyle Lathem
1985 Vanagon GL