Date:         Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:22:41 -0800
Reply-To:     Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM>
Subject:      Re: fuel tank sealing
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List,

Why not forget all those grommets, have the tank boiled out and braze on
some flat plate with steel tubes so that you can put a hose on it with a
hose clamp?

Even the cross-over could be steel tube with hose to tie them together?

Kim Springer


----- Original Message -----
From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: fuel tank sealing


> I was dropping my tank today to install a new front parking brake
> cable. Ive noticed since buying the van a slight fuel odor and new i
> needed to reseal the gromets and various other things. While getting
> the tank out, I broke one of the white "T" things that connect the
> crossover pipe. I know I need to replace the gromets and Orings in
> addition to this, and besides the kit available by Van-Cafe, is there
> anyone else that sells a kit (or the individual parts)? I couldn't
> find them anywhere online. Is there anything else i should be doing
> while i have the tank out?
>
> -Craig
> '85GL Sunroof
>