Re: gas tank q's and '77 project update

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:27:17 -0400 "Neal Tovsen"
<sixteen.volt@verizon.net> writes:
<SNIP>
> Three questions:
> 
> 1) What is the appropriate means of disposing of the gallon-or-so of 
> nasty gasoline that I drained?

Burn it! (in my best Bevis voice)
 
> 2) What can I do about the tank? Should I just get a new one? I 
> bought a cleaner/sealer kit from Eastwood for it, but this is MUCH
worse than 
> I expected. I don't even know if it is feasible to get all the crap 
> out. It'd take me a day of shaking to get it through one of the holes!
How 
> much does a new tank cost?

171 201 075Q fuel injected factory tank is close to $500.

I sell new aftermarket Mk.1 tanks for $160 delivered.
 
> 3) There are at least four extra "breather" hoses coming off of the 
> tank, and there was a black box near the filler neck with the extra
hoses 
> going into it. What do they do? Emissions? Has anybody plugged these 
> before? I always assumed all you had/needed were the two lines and the
filler 
> neck...
> 
> Neal

You need at least one breather line, and it runs to the charcoal
canister, IIRC.
I don't think the other stuff is necessary, but I left the "black box" in
place...

HTH,
Peter - http://thescirocco.com - Discount Techtonics, Peloquin LSD,
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