Date:         Fri, 25 May 2012 20:19:40 -0500
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Buyers beware - Fuel tank sealing kits
Comments: To: Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
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I went through this with replacing the horn ring. Got the official part,
put it in, but could not get the steering wheel to seat. Worked and
worked and worked on it. David Beierl spent a lot of time with me trying
to figure it out long distance. Turned out the new ring had a new little
shoulder that the old one didn't. So it prevented the wheel from
seating. The vendor was glad to learn of this. My fix for the problem
was to remove the metal part from the plastic part of the new ring, then
put it into the old ring. Worked perfect. But be aware - as our vans get
older, more and more of this kind of thing is likely to crop up.

John

On 5/25/2012 7:00 PM, Jason wrote:
> Just wanted to post an FYI.....
>
> A fuel tank sealing kit was purchased for my van by a friend.  On
> installation we realized the gasket for the sending unit was not correct.
>   The vendor had supplied a slightly larger sized seal which we were not
> able to get to seal correctly.   One vendor even lists a BMW p/n which is
> 1mm oversize.  This one was closer to 2.5" rather than 58mm.  Ended up
> ordering the $6 gasket from VW to make sure it was correct this time.
>    Not publicly going to mention which vendor but buyer beware.  We are now
> having to drop the tank AGAIN.....
>
> Jason
> .
>