Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:57:19 -0500
Reply-To:     John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 85 Westy fuel tank change
Comments: To: Rod Knutson <rodknutson2002@yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Rod Knutson <rodknutson2002@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
> I just received my new fuel tank from BD and I note that it is a bit
> different regarding the fuel connection to the filter/pump/engine in that it
> only has one 1/4 in connection on each side of the tank vice two connections
> on the fuel feed /passenger side (one 1/4in and one 3/8 in) connection....
> hmmmm.... make sense to anyone?
> Thanks,
> Rod
> Critter
> 85 Suby
>

Rod,
I think that's the stock configuration for the early vanagon.  The fuel
return line comes from the pressure regulator up the driver's side of the
van and connects on that side to a 7mm inlet pipe on the tank.  The fuel
pump (passenger) side leaves the tank via another 7mm outlet pipe to the
stock cube shaped pre-pump filter with 7mm inlet and 11mm outlet. This
connects to the 11mm fuel pump inlet via a short (2"'?) hose.

I have installed the Bus Depot tank on an '85 and it was a direct fit. That
van was later totalled and I put the tank in my '91. I used the pre-filter
to adapt the 7mm to 11mm difference between the tank outlet and fuel pump
but I'm still looking for a hose that will do this.

One recommendation I'd make is to degrease the outside of the tank and spray
many coats of  3M rubber undercoating, or maybe Rhino bed liner, both top
and bottom with emphasis on the bottom.

John Meeks
'91 Multivan
Northern Michigan

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