Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:26:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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This job is more fun than a barrel of monkeys!   Drive until you are nearly
out of gas, raise the front on stands and drain the rest out though the
outlet.  The two expansion tanks were glued on in my '85 with undercoating
and difficult to pry loose.  After you drop them use a heat gun to soften
the hard plastic lines where they connect to the nipple on the valve or you
will break the nipple off and have to buy another vent valve like I did.
Install the valve grommets with silicone spray for lube, same for the fill
pipe and any other connections you have trouble installing.

Replace the rubber fuel lines too if you haven't already done that.  Plan on
a full weekend for both jobs, but you'll feel so much better when you are
done.

Archives work great now in my experience, searches are really fast (seconds)
and you can limit the number of returns using keywords  effectively.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Don Hanson...84 2wd..

   I know this may be somewhere in the archives.   I have never found the
archives useable, so I am just List-asking straight out...

   My 84 has always had a slight gas odor after filling to the top...and
not just from the usual 'spitting-up' that frequently seems to happen when
you use the gas pump's auto shut-off feature...   I've just been 'living
with it' forever, thinking it was not so big a deal,  but I recently
noticed, after filling up, there was actually a small pool of gasoline
under my van, and more still dripping out....Dunno whether this has been
going on all along and I just noticed, or maybe the leak/overflow problem
is getting worse....but not that I've seen this, I want to take care of the
problem...

   Can someone point me to the fix for this problem, which I assume is
frequent with our older vans, rotting hoses, etc...Thanks
   Don Hanson