[T3] Re Fuel Filler (Cap)

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Mon Mar 25 06:58:28 PDT 2019


On 24 Mar 2019 at 18:53, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> 1.)  Brazing the Fuel Filler Pipe sounds  like a big (like you said Jim,
> expen$ive) job for a small ROI. But effective.  Would a thin layer of
> (material?) chemical plating on the steel work?

Probably not, because plating isn't usually thick enough to smooth the 
surface, and plating often goes to the high spots anyway, making them 
higher. So to do a decent plating job, you'd need to remove the filler pipe 
anyway, in order to do a good job of smoothing the sealing surface first.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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