The fuel tank is not that hard to get at all. A few vendors sell them. I recommend getting the highest quality one you can find, not the cheapest one you can find. I got one a few months ago from Van Cafe and was quite pleased with it. and.........there is another factor you should know about ...2WD Vanagon fuel tanks come in two versions.. yours has a large metal filler neck, which can be a real pain to get back in where the small screws are at the top ...where those screws to through a rubber boot into a ( nicely over-built ) bronze collar... solid, but nasty to work on. the later 'other style' uses a small diameter plastic fuller neck, and those are a breeze to remove and re-install. When I got the Van Cafe tank ..it's the one for the later smaller plastic filler neck, and they sold a good used filler neck to go with their tank, or I sold the customer one of mine. That's the Supplier, the tank, and the type of filler neck I recommend .. and I expect Van Cafe sells new level senders too .. and those are all the same for all 2WD vanagons as far as I know . I've never had to replace one. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "ralph meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:27 PM Subject: Gas/fuel tank
> Yea ofcourse with the age of these beauties comes issues!! Problem of fuel > sender being crappy and not having a gas/fuel cap for how long before I > saved this westy I don't know?? I hat the fuel tank out to get rust and > junk out due to issues and looked ad fuel sender, it was so nasty I did > not > dare remove it so how common is this tank? And approx how much$ is it > gonna cost for tank and sender??? > > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy |
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