Date:         Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:56:00 -0800
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gas Tank Fitment; Subframe Crooked?
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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Hi Scott.

Yup. Got the old metal style filler pipe.

You and Mark Drillock suggested the plastic filler neck, but I want to
get this job done asap. The adaptor bushing is NLA at VW up here in
Vancouver BC.

Yah grinding the perimeter of the tank didn't sound right to me either.

It's possible Mark Drillock, you or someone else made this comment but
I can't help but think there were issues with the larger fill pipe
from day one and VW improved the design.

I was quite surprised to see that the old tank didn't fit well either.
The PO's reciepts seem very complete (I even have the original
dealership book) so my guess is that the "old" tank is what came from
the factory.

Neil.



On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> HI Neil,
> I think you said you are using the larger metal filler neck and matching
> tank.
>
> If the problem is the filler neck won't fit nicely through the frame hole..
> what I would do is get the later type tank with the smaller filler neck
> hole,
> and the smaller plastic filler neck.


Neil wrote:

>> I'd pop in a filler pipe adaptor but my Visa card is cut up (fraud)......



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