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Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:52:34 -0600
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
In-Reply-To:  <20130311183623.NY3UO.565017.imail@eastrmwml214>
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I have actually toyed with the idea of cutting a hole or holes in the depression & then having a piece of similar sheet metal welded on to cover the whole depressed area which would also produce more tank capacity ~ maybe someday

ORR ~ DeanB

On 11 Mar , 2013, at 12:36 PM, Dave Mcneely 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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