Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:49:40 -0600
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From: Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
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The shift rod runs through this depression...so it is needed for that reason.
I have done this job several times. I do not drop the tank from the tank from the vehicle entirely. Jack the front up on jack stands. Pace a floor jack under the tank. Remove the filler neck. Remove the two bolts holding the straps and let the straps lean down to the ground. Lower the back of the tank about 8 inches. Te front of the tank will not lower because the straps are still holding it in.
Now you have sufficient room to reach in and replace all parts. Keep in mind that the crossover pipe is secured to the body in the middle with a single screw and hook. I bend that hook out of the way before lowering.
Easier if you also remove both front wheels.
Not a bad job. Expect two hours or so.
Z
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On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:36, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> So, is there any good reason why some after market entrepreneur has not developed a tank without the depression down the middle that would not need the crossover system? Just wonderin'. mcneely
>
> ---- Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>> Good explanation here: http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=317
>>
>> Rich
>> San Diego
>>
>> --- On Mon, 3/11/13, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:51 AM
>>
>> 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
>
> --
> David McNeely
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