[T3] Parts!

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Fri Jun 22 06:42:33 PDT 2018


On 21 Jun 2018 at 15:24, art sterrett wrote:

> My 1971 Fastback is in need!  Got home from the invasion and found
> that my fuel tank is leaking in several places on the bottom.  Does
> anyone have a fuel tank to sell that would fit this car?  It´s fuel
> injected with a manual transmission.  What might be my other options
> should I not  be able to obtain another fuel tank, does anyone sell
> them or repair them? 

If it's actually leaking THRU the bottom of the tank, that means rust, which 
means that water has gotten in the tank, sunk to the bottom, and been 
allowed to stay. This probably means that your overflow hose is cracked and 
you haven't done anything to fix it. I sell kits to repair this common problem. 
This is just one of the bad outcomes from ignoring a cracked overflow hose.  

You might be able to find a radiator shop that could solder the holes shut, 
but if there are holes, there are probably other places that are thin and ready 
to perforate. Some shops will try to sell you a coating for inside the tank. DO 
NOT DO THIS. It will clog the small passages in the FI tank and lead to 
replacing the tank. A waste of money and counterproductive on our FI tanks.  

I think I still have a good '71 FI fuel tank, but the hard part is figuring out how 
to get it to you. Too bad you didn't discover the problem before the invasion, 
because it could have come down with me.

> My speedometer quit working today, the needle does not move but the
> mileage is working.  No speed showing, no trip mileage, but the
> regular mileage is working.  Would it be the cable or something
> internal in the speedometer. 

I fix lots of problems with speedos, mainly '71 and later odos that no longer 
work. It's hard for me to understand what could cause your particular set of 
symptoms, as the speedo pretty much has to work for any of the odo to work. 
If you want to send it to me, I can probably fix it, or replace it.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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