[tcb] Re: fuel capacity
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:33:39 -0800 (PST)
Peter: All I can say is what's in the manuals. Can find no indication in any
that it was anything other than 40. How bout an experiment. First find an
empty 1 liter bottle. don't have an empty well empty one. Then fill it with
water and empty into the 67 tank you have. Continue process till tank is full
and keep count.
Peter Albarian <pcalbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hey Sammie,
I respect your opinion, and have a feeling my tanks are somewhere between 40
and 60 liter. The '67 only tanks I have are not modified in any way. Both came
out of very original and complete '67s that were horribly rusty, and at least
one still had the original engine that looked like it had never previously been
removed. I remember at least one of them having the larger radio hole and
reverse lights (both second half of production changes) but seem to remember
the other being a late first half without those changes. I also think they were
both 13w deluxes. I kept the tanks because I liked the idea of higher fuel
capacity without modifications, but haven't used them yet. I really don't have
a clue what a '68 Bay gas tank looks like, but I've never looked for one either.
My $0.02
Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: sammie smith
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:41:02
To:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: fuel capacity
There is a miscommunique in there some where. All 67 year model manuals i
could find indicate 40 liters. Manual for 68 model year indicates 60 liters.
Remember that model year begins Sept 1 of prior year. My opinion, if you see a
60 liter tank in a split it has been changed to that by someone other than the
factory.
Eric Woodall wrote: Looks like Brian Denning is correct.
Very short time at the end of the Split Window bus, where they had the
larger tank.
Interesting.. So from August to December sometime they changed...
I <3 Buses!
sammie smith wrote:
> Here's the facts: Bentley manual for 63 67 transporter shows fuel
> capacity of 40 liters with no differentiation for the 67. 67 owner's
> manual dated August 66 shows fuel capacity of 40 liters. 67 owner's
> manual dated December 66 show's fuel capacity of 10.6 gallons US which
> is essentially 40 liters, Though 40 liters rounds off closer to 10.5
> gallons US.
>
> 68 owner's manual dated December 67 shows fuel capacity of 60 liters
> or 16 gallons US, a 50% increase over the split tank.
>
> Sammie
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