Date:         Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:00:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need fuel expansion tank valve
Comments: To: Bill M <billmonk@gmail.com>
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Found an '82 in a junk yard, I'm on my way to pull the expansion tank soon.
Not paying more than $10. I checked the GoWesty site where they are $40
including shipping.  I'm glad they have so many parts, but this one doesn't
wear out, so the used option is preferable.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill M [mailto:billmonk@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 8:57 AM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Need fuel expansion tank valve

I got a set from GoWesty during their last sale. Be prepared for some
sticker shock.

Bill

On Jun 28, 2012, at 12:25 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> 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