[T2] [VB] Fuel reserve switch

[Neal Jarvis]

When my bus had the fuel line leak I pulled the line and drained 10 gallons in minutes. 

Neal F Jarvis
Office Manager
RJ Berra Inc. T/A
Services Unlimited Co.
Tree and Stump Removal Experts
4120 Sandy Spring Road
Burtonsville, MD 20866
202-439-3509 Mobile

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> On Oct 17, 2013, at 3:14 PM, E Burtis <ewdb92 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I would think the flow should be more than a trickle, even with 3 or so gallons in the tank.  Have a gas can or oil pan ready when you take petcock out just in case you have a partial clog and more gas remains in the tank.  This happened to me on my first beetle, thought it was empty till I took the bottom outlet off and, in doing so, destroyed a plug of rusty gunk - oh what a mess that made!
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> On Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:54 PM, Kevin Guarnotta <kguarnotta at usa.net> wrote:
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> Well I am pulling the petcock on my bus. I took off the fuel line at the
> fuel pump, and a tiny bit of fuel trickled out. I left it about 15 minutes,
> and not much came out. I figures I must be pretty low on fuel. I then went
> in behind the firewall, disconnected the hose to the metal line that goes
> through the firewall. I put this hose into a jerry can. It seemed to be
> trickling out slowly. I left it for about ten minutes, as it was trickling
> out so slowly - I figured there can't be much left. I came back, and gas was
> all over the ground. I quickly changed jerry cans, and have since filled a
> second one, and am on the 3rd. (so 3 gallons out at this point, with one
> jerry can being a 1 gallon, and the other a 2 gallon).
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> I plan on pulling the reserve switch thing from the bottom of the tank. I
> remember Eric & Barb recommending some minor modification to this switch,
> and I can't recall if I did it. I now can't find their post - and the
> archives are unreachable? Anyone remember what they said, or how I could
> find that post? I think they said something about cutting the little pipes a
> bit shorter than they come, to make sure you are getting all the fuel out of
> the tank? 
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> -Kevin Guarnotta
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> Jamaica Plain, MA
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> '78 Westy
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> '69 Singlecab
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> '65 Ez-camper
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