tank to pump fuel leak

[jimruffi at gmail.com (Jim Ruffi)]

OOOga.  It's been a long time since I've worked on a MKI.  Sorry about the
mistake.
In that case, I would make a short piece of hose with a plug on one
end...pull the line and connect the plugged piece to the tank until the hose
is connected to the pump and ready to connect to the tank.  You shouldn't
make too much of a mess that way.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:28 AM
>To: Jim Ruffi; Nate Lowe; Scirocco List
>Subject: Re: tank to pump fuel leak
>
>
>Jim,
>This is a MK I. They don't have any of the monkey motion of the MK II. No
>second pump, no little plastic fuel reservoir. Only a pipe out the
>bottom of
>the tank straight to the fuel pump.
>HTH
>Dan
>
>From: "Jim Ruffi" <jimruffi@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Nate Lowe" <nlowe79@xxxxxxxxx>; "Scirocco List"
><scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:47 AM
>Subject: RE: tank to pump fuel leak
>
>
>> Just remove the line from the tank pickup.  If you disconnect it up there
>> first, there's no way gas can come out of the tank.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Nate Lowe [mailto:nlowe79@xxxxxxxxx]
>>>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:10 AM
>>>To: Scirocco List
>>>Subject: tank to pump fuel leak
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi all, I went out to take the '79 out for a spin today and
>>>noticed a slight
>>>gasoline smell (probably would have been stronger if we hadn't
>gotten some
>>>rain in the last week). After inspection it's coming from the line
>>>that runs
>>>from the tank to the fuel pump. I've never messed around with that
>>>area, but
>>>I'm assuming once I remove that line gas will start spewing out of
>>>the tank.
>>>Anyone got any ingenious ways of replacing that without having to drain
>>>the
>>>tank? As for the hose, is that a dealer/Potterman item or is it
>>>some sort of
>>>standard fuel line I can pick up anywhere? If it's a specialty
>item, would
>>>someone with ETKA mind getting me a part number? I know Mike's
>gonna chime
>>>in and say he gave me a copy of ETKA at Cincy, but I haven't yet
>>>figured out
>>>how to change the language from German to English.
>>>
>>>Nate
>>