Date:         Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:25:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Need fuel expansion tank valve
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Anyone got one lying around?  I had to replace my crushed gas tank and of
course installed the reseal kit and new fuel lines.  Naturally, I broke the
connector off one of the expansion tank valves.  I may just stuff in a
rubber stopper with a connector to the charcoal canister if I can't find
one.  It's just there to keep gas from being sucked into the engine if you
end up upside down, and if that happens I'd be dead anyway.  Anyone figured
out a way to change the seals in the expansion tanks without breaking this
valve?  I left the other side as is since it wasn't leaking.



This was one of the worst jobs I've done on any car in my 40 years of the
old car hobby.  My tank was crushed from high centering by one of the PO's
and leaked from the seam welds on both sides.  Wrestling with this tank by
myself was brutal, and the brackets were bent so I spent quite a bit of time
bending them into the right shape so I could install them under the new
tank.  Lots of trips off the ground to the shop vise and back.  I think I
just invented a new exercise program--Vanagon repair yoga.  Should have
gotten a pair out of the junkyard.  Oh well, at least the tank was
reasonably priced and available!



'85 Westy

"A cheap Vanagon is the most expensive"  as well as a PITA