Just make sure your hose goes OVER the coolant pipes. This normally means you put the tank where it's nearly in place and push the hose ends over the white plastic fittings. One reason for a new assembly is crumbling plastic ends and shrinking o-rings. Oh, and that flammable gas thing.. yeah. Chris. On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > To the Vanagon Community At Large: > > Is there any "hard" reason for the Fuel Tank Vapor Crossover Assembly to > have a rigid, fuel vapor-resistant plastic tube between the two nylon > pieces > that insert the tank? Can a more flexible piece of tube (or maybe even > hose) be substituted in it's place? > > Reason for the inquiry - Looking to to repro this piece to offer at a much > affordable price than the obscene $48 currently charged. Don't want to > cut > corners, but if there's a better way, I'm all ears. > > Comments, suggestions and poison pen letter cheerfully accepted ;-) > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *********************************** > |
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