At 08:24 AM 5/29/97 -0500, Joel Walker wrote: >and a thought: if the vent hoses are drying/cracking/leaking, can the >fuel system hoses be far behind?? if you have not already done so, i'd >recommend replacing ALL of the rubber fuel hoses on the bus ... from the >tank to the pump, from the pump to the filter, and from the filter to >the plastic gas line that goes to the engine compartment, and so forth. >be aware that there is a rubber hose, just over the starter, that connects >from the plastic gas line to the engine compartment wall ... it's a short >one, but it's been the first one to leak on two buses. It seems like one of the Vanagon list entrepeneurs should develop a stainless steel replacement fuel line set. I'd definitely buy one. Coyote -- /\_/\ ____ Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ LikeMinds (408) 865-0657 \ / \X / "Tools that Help People Decide" coyote@likeminds.com \_/ \/ http://www.likeminds.com/
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