Awh, come on Denis, we all know that the classic VW is the most reliable vehicle on the road and that they never never break down or run out of fuel. I don't know where all these bad rumors start from. Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: What a maroon! You trusted a part on an old VW to be exact? The guage on my 68 Ghia literally swings back and forth from empty to full as I drive it. As for telling anybody that you are absolutely sure about anything on these cars, you are just asking for abuse. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Denning" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: [tcb] Re: Some folks you just can't help? > hey we won't talk about running out of gas. i drove out to the inlaws with > my wife to get a ficus tree and on the way back i get about a mile away > from there house and she just died and the gas gauge showed i had a good > 1/8 tank of gas. so i call for assistance my father inlaw used to be a > squareback enthusiast. he said is it out of gas i said no i think the > filter is clogged because it shows i have an 1/8 of a tank. he says are > you sure and cocky me says oh yea that gauge is right on. it has 1/8 of a > tank in it. he says ok so he shows up with some tools and some gas just in > case. i take the line off the fuel pump and blow into the tank and > nothing. i shake the bus and here nothing so the inlaws both bust out > laughing at me and i haven't heard the end of it yet. > > my friend jason says your not a vw enthusiast untill you run out of gas > somewhere. it has happened to him twice. me now once. embarassing yes. > will it happen again probably but i am never letting it fall below a > quarter again. > >>From: Sammie Smith >>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [tcb] Re: Some folks you just can't help? >>Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:40:52 -0500 >> >>Paul: >>You got one of those type II's before fuel gauges, right? Well they are >>supposed to have a reserve tap. I am in the process of "doing" my 60 >>panel van. Spent a total of about 10 hours of labor and part searching to >>get the reserve tap to work. One, you gotta have the reserve tap for the >>type II. Similar to the bug but not exactly. They are available from >>places such as Wolfsburg West. Then had to have the little lever that >>mounts on the side of the tap. Spent about 2 hours at Oakhill's salvage >>yard removing one from an old panel van buried down in the sand with no >>wheels. Watching all the time for snakes. Spent another 3-4 hours trying >>to get the cable pull to work in my panel. This thing runs from the cab >>all the way back to the tank. 45 years of rust accumulation. With lots >>of penetrating oil and perseverance I finally managed to get the wire out. >>Another hour of polishing the wire, lubricating it etc. got it back in and >>all hooked up. It works. Was it worth all of the effort. I don't know, >>but hopefully I won't run out of fuel 10 miles from home. By the way. In >>type II's without a fuel gauge: I always carry a spare can of gas. >>Sammie >> >> >>At 03:21 AM 9/20/2005, you wrote: >>>Thanx for all the great advice ,the wealth of talent >>>on this list is awsome a;ong with the generosity of >>>the folks offering the advice , all the advice given >>>,seems very reasonable that it could be the problem >>>,I/m gonna back off awile till I get someone to look >>>at it, It's hard to get with people when I work 2 tp >>>11 and they work 8 to 5 . anyway my point of this >>>whole email is , after all the advice , tonite at 2:30 >>>am I ran out of gas about 10 miles from the house , I >>>guess all my short test runs added up the milage , >>>Heck theres somethin funny about everything isn't >>>there? i'm gonna keep to the short trips till We get >>>serious with a mechenic, Thanx to all and stay tuned. >>>Ronnie ,glad Sparky is runnin better. >>> >>>Paul Smith >>>www.23window.com/thezone >>>H.B.B >>>T.C.B. >> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >