"Mine is done with a grommet and a direct fuel hose, no connections > at all at that position." mcneely "Get underneath and look a little farther forward...that's the third connection Stuart is talking about, direct hose to hose." Beirel Wait, what? I found no plastic fitting in the forward firewall on my '84, finding instead a metal fitting there. One hose from the front connects to the forward side, another to the engine side. Been under the van several times (despite not enjoying it at all) and have seen no other breaks in the fuel line. Pls to show the "[...] little farther forward [...[] third connection" in Ye Bentleye? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. |
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