Lift up the cardboard and LOOK. It'll be obvious whether the tank inlet is round or oval. There were round-inlet tanks produced with the hole on the LH side for the vent tube, too - if used with the later-style vent system they have a plug installed.
--- asad ishaque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have two different tanks on the couple of 68s I > have. > > The earlier one has a tank which had a vapor vent > at the far LHS front corner. This supposedly had a > long pipe which brought the vapors to the filler > flap side. This was missing ever since I got the car > and the last owner had warned me to advise the gas > station attendant to slowly fill up lest theres > backpressure and gas gurgles back out the filler > neck. The end where the pipe was supposed to go had > a soda bottle cap which I take off at the time of > fill up to let the displaced air escape. No need to > warn the station attendant then! I have been so far > unable to find taht mystery hose and hardware. > > The later 68 has a more 'normal' tank with the > vapor outlet near the filler. Maybe this tank has a > round filler neck??? Not sure. > > Regards > > Asad > Karachi. > > > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:35:33 -0500> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] > fuel filler hose> > Marc,> > Thanks, just wanted to > know that I wasn't dreaming it all...I just > > finished sand blasting and por-15'ing the tank. > Mostly so I could work it > over to add megasquirt > to the car. Needed the fi pretty badly to go with > > the turbo.<grin>> > BTW....a 2" id fuel line from > the local Napa store worked fine...if it is > cut > right to get on the top filler tube. Not a great > solution, but one > that will let me go back to > testing the car while I buy the kit you > > mentioned.> > Thanks guys!> > Cheers, dave> > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------> > Enough sunlight reaches the Earth *every* hour to > meet the world's> energy demand for an entire > year.....so, what do we do with it?> > > On Fri, 28 > Sep 2007, marc vellat wrote:> > > Sorry Dave, but > the early`68 filler hose with one oval> > end has > been obsolete for at least twenty years - your> > > chances of finding one are slim-to-none. Replacing > the> > tank with a `69-`74 item is probably the best > answer> > (I can't imagine your original tank has > much life left> > in it anyway).> >> > --- "Dave C. > Bolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> >> > Guys,> >>> >> I needed a new fuel filler hose for my > 68 bug.> >> My gas tank has an oval "flared" inlet > and the other> >> end behind the fuel> >> filler > flap door is round....approximately 14" long> >> or > so.> >>> >> It had oem looking clamps on both ends > with a spiral> >> wound "protection"> >> wire around > it.> >>> >> But! all of the places I looked on line > and in> >> catalogs advertise the same> >> thing > ...a two piece something or other....except> >> for > West Coast Metric.> >>> >> They list a hose for $18 > that says fits 68-79...so I> >> went for it. I> >> > figured for that much money it must be the right> >> > piece...Got a 5> >> inch piece of hose that might > have fit the fuel> >> filler outlet, but not the> >> > fuel tank inlet.> >>> >> So what is the deal?? I > can't ever remember looking> >> at fuel filler > hoses> >> much, but I don't ever remember seeing a > two piece> >> one.> >>> >>> >> Cheers, dave> >>> >>> > >> --> >>> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------> > >> Enough sunlight reaches the Earth *every* hour > to> >> meet the world's> >> energy demand for an > entire year.....so, what do we> >> do with it?> >>> > >>> >> > _______________________________________________> >> > vintagvw site list> >> [email protected]> >> > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw> >>> > >> >> >> >> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> > > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights > and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.> > > http://farechase.yahoo.com/> >> > > _______________________________________________> > > vintagvw site list> > [email protected]> > > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw> >> > >> > > _______________________________________________> > vintagvw site list> [email protected]> > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook > together at last. Get it now. > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
