Am I high? Or, is that the way it's supposed be...

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

You bet I want to see a pic of it!  :)

So all I need is the late style accumulator and the accompanying shorty 
hose??  Dammit - I could-uh had those today!   :(

I have a couple of ?'s though - how did you mount the later-style 
accum.? I guess I need more specifics about the mods on the accum bracket...

thanks again!  Jeff

Peter wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Toomasson [mailto:area53@validpath.com] 
>Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 6:06 PM
>To: peter@thescirocco.com
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Am I high? Or, is that the way it's supposed be...
>
>:p
>
>I just found that out at the yard and pulled one of those fasteners.
>
>Peter - since you installed 16v lines into pre-late '84 vehicle, did you
>find out as I did that there is no OEM solution to joining the
>accumulator-to-fuel distributor line?
>
>Sure there is...
>Just use the pressure hose from an '85, and up, Scirocco, or Cabriolet.
>Then mount an '85, and up, fuel accumulator, to the vertical floor by the
>rear seat cushion.
>
>Here's the little bad boy, that made my conversion possible. There's a lot
>less line to rust away, and it's not as exposed, as the early hose:
>http://thescirocco.com/images/fuelhose.JPG
>
>Thanks to "'Jeff'" <scorpio71@ and Gordy for sending me the stuff so
>quickly.
>
>What did you end up doing for yours? I found a piece of intake-like hose
>that I fashioned an extension with some left over fittings I had. Then I
>remembered I have 3 feet or so of Aeroquip fuel line from a turbo purchase
>that so happened to have the same diameter. I'll be switching over those
>fittings today.
>
>Thanks for the help - JT
>
>No problem...
>
>I used the Scirocco 16V main feed and return fuel lines, modified an early
>accumulator bracket, which secures a later, and smaller accumulator near the
>fuel pump. I modified the fuel pump cage, so that it wouldn't rub against
>the fuel line. After the mod, the cage only has one 8mm stud/13mm nut and
>the inlet hose and supply hose to hold it in place. I checked it, and it
>holds it pretty good, and it's definitely better than before I fixed it,
>because there was no sign of a fuel pump cage. It was probably rusted in
>half, and then removed by a PO, but that's speculation...
>
>The 16V Scirocco feed line is steel, and then it has a short length of
>plastic line, to replace the coiled up braided line, that's prone to
>corrosion.  
>
>Let me know if you want to see a pic of it...
>
>Peter
>
>
>Peter wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Let's hope that's all it is, since it WILL eventually wear off. ;)
>>
>>The main fuel pumps have a threaded fitting, with an anti-drain back 
>>valve, that threads into the fuel pump.
>>The banjou fitting from the accumulator, fits on the other threaded 
>>end, and this line is secured by a cap-nut.
>>
>>Peter
>>http://thescirocco.com/
>>
>>Please! Include the previous text in your reply...
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: scirocco-l-bounces+peter=thescirocco.com@scirocco.org
>>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+peter=thescirocco.com@scirocco.org] On 
>>Behalf Of Jeff Toomasson
>>Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 2:21 PM
>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Am I high? Or, is that the way it's supposed be...
>>
>>Ok, folks - bear with me. It's been well over a year since I took the 
>>fuel pump out, but I could swear that the banjo connection is fastened 
>>with a bolt (similar to the type that go into the fuel filter). The 
>>fuel pump I got from Potter has a stud-type connection for the banjo, like
>>    
>>
>in this picture.
>  
>
>>Am I just hallucinating?  ;)
>>
>>http://www.parts4vws.com/images/parts/171906091A.jpg
>>
>>Thx, JT
>>    
>>
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