Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 14:34:21 -0800
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Shopping list or kit for Molotov fuel lines?
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I don’t think you'll see it in the Bentley, just get under the vehicle and follow the hard plastic line back from the fuel filter until you find it. It's in a place near the firewall connector that is hard to get at, which is why it's usually ignored until the lines are replaced.
Stuart
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From: Rocket J Squirrel [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:03 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Shopping list or kit for Molotov fuel lines?
Thanks, Stuart.
You wrote, "I think the most dangerous connection is the slip connection between the hard plastic fuel line and the hose under the vehicle."
Can someone point me to the page in Bentley's that shows this? We're talking about an '84 1.9l here with AT.
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.
On 12/03/2014 01:51 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> Those are not original, so some work has been done. I think the most
> dangerous connection is the slip connection between the hard plastic
> fuel line and the hose under the vehicle. It can slip apart, there
> are no barbs, the tube is just stuffed into the hose and clamped. It
> happened to me on my '84 long ago, and it was amazing that it didn't
> go up in flames. I was lucky. Some folks have had the plastic
> firewall fitting break, but the three I've replaced over the years
> were fine, I could not break them with my hands anyway.
>
> I'm surprised to see you still have the original intake manifold
> tubes, they usually rot and leak by now! Those are ancient braid
> covered rubber from the '70s, but at least will not cause a fire!
> I'd replace them and add clamps while you are at it, but you do need
> to remove the intake pipes, which means a new intake gasket too. Oh,
> just forget it until they leak, if it ain't broke . . . ;-)
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:01 PM To:
> vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Shopping list or kit for
> Molotov fuel lines?
>
> Hm. No, I don't think I have braided lines here. Here's what I have:
>
> <http://thatjacksblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/fuel-lines-and-clamps.html>
>
> What about them clamps?
>
> -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend,
> Ore.
>
> On 12/02/2014 07:52 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>> Rarely will a fuel line burst except for that cloth braided covered
>> stuff used in the 70's and early 80's.
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