Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:38:37 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Trip Report and some Lucky misfortunes
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all you have to do.........
messy job............is remove the fuel line from the engine side of the
plastic fitting.......
and join that onto the hard plastic fuel line that's about 4 inches forward
of the firewall fitting........
right by the starter.
two good hose clamps, light, and patience are all you need.
well.......some tenacity.
'firewall' is the correct term.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Lincoln" <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:11 AM
Subject: Trip Report and some Lucky misfortunes
> Hello Volks -
>
> Well, I just wanted to report that my son, Jack, and I took Grover on his
> longest traveled outing yet. About 900 miles round trip. We traveled from
> Lexington, MI to Watertown, NY to visit my sister's family and spend New
> Year with them.
>
> I am proud to say that Grover performed nearly flawlessly - with some
> minor
> poor running near Toronto - but very minor. We crossed to Canada at the
> Port
> Huron, MI / Sarnia, ON Blue Water bridge crossing and took the 402 / 401
> East all the way to the Thousand Islands border crossing (I don't recall
> the
> exact towns the bridge is in). We had great weather and beautiful Canadian
> scenery the entire trip. Took roughly 8 hours each way - those not driving
> a
> Vanagon can make it in about 7 but I kept it below 65mph the entire trip.
> We
> took the same path on our return trip but much of that was a night so the
> scenery wasn't quite as enjoyable.
>
> Needless to say I was very pleased at the buses performance - although I
> wasn't worried really it was still the longest haul yet and there was some
> minor anxiety in the back of my head.
>
> Now I say lucky misfortunes in the subject line because last night while
> going to meet my EX for the child exchange Grover decided to pop a fuel
> line
> and leak gas all over - I say lucky because there was no fire and this
> didn't happen during our NY trip. Seems to be leaking from the spot at the
> back of that damn plastic fitting that brings the fuel line through the
> "fire wall" (that may not be the proper term for that metal barrier but
> it's
> the best description I can give). It was too dark and cold to fix last
> night
> so I have to go retrieve the bus later. I'm not sure if it is a failed
> clamp, split line, or the plastic piece is broken. I'll know more later.
> Also, just to be clear I have recently inspected the fuel lines and all
> seemed well.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
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