Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:12:41 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Check those fuel lines!
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http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4393&category_id=376&category_parent_id=
Didn't see it listed separately here, but GoWesty is where I got one. Their fuel line kit includes the grommet.
DMc
---- Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I think there's some confusion here... the link below is to a gas tank
> reseal kit- it doesn't have a grommet for the fuel line through the
> firewall, which is not a stock item but something that some of us not named
> Scott have been using.
> I used the Dorman 'Help!' piece, part # 42055 (for 'various GM models
> 1983-76') that I found at Autozone. I have no idea if the online vendors
> have something suitable or not.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Scott Chapman
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 8:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Check those fuel lines!
>
> Should have been more specific. I can't find it alone. I've already
> purchased a kit for this and will see about returning the un-needed
> firewall piece and using a grommet instead.
>
> Roger Whittaker wrote:
> > dear cant find
> >
> > is it in this picture
> > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3618
> > yours
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Scott Chapman
> <scott_list@mischko.com>wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Dave, I can't find this grommet you're talking about. Please can
> >> someone point it out? I've looked at vanagain, busdepot, van-cafe.
> >> Where else should I be looking?
> >>
> >> Dave Mcneely wrote:
> >>
> >>> You don't need that. Put a rubber grommet in the hole in the firewall,
> >>>
> >> and run fuel tubing through it. You can eliminate two connections
> including
> >> that connector. The online vendors sell appropriate grommets if you
> don't
> >> have a local source.
> >>
> >>> ---- Scott Chapman <scott_list@MISCHKO.COM> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> you mean this?
> >>>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=803898
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Shawn Wright wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> To all Vanagon owners still using gas engines: PLEASE check those fuel
> >>>>> lines, and replace the plastic firewall 'T' if you haven't already!
> >>>>>
> >> (mine
> >>
> >>>>> developed a leak at the T which sprayed fuel onto the starter and
> >>>>>
> >> exhaust -
> >>
> >>>>> I was lucky enough to catch it in time.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The local papers on the weekend had photos of yet another nice Vanagon
> >>>>>
> >> Westy
> >>
> >>>>> going up in flames. This is the second one I've seen locally in recent
> >>>>> years. The first one I came upon just after it started, and it was a
> >>>>>
> >> very
> >>
> >>>>> sad sight. My brother also lost his '68 Bus many years ago this way.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So if you haven't checked, or the van is new to you, do yourself a
> >>>>>
> >> favour
> >>
> >>>>> and check/replace those lines! These vans are getting harder to
> replace
> >>>>> every day!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> --
> >>> David McNeely
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
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David McNeely
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