Subject: Re: HELP V8 Quattro

[james accordino]

--- GEORGE MILLS <gamills at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> a tank, that's it. No moving parts, nothing
> 'lectrical. If you want to
> get a used one, just dress it up before install.
> I'll go with Big
> Steve (or is that Steve the Big? :) on this one, try
> to patch it. 5+
> hours seems good to me to R&R the tank. I think it
> would take me twice
> that working from the ground. The tank was put on
> first, THEN all the
> other stuff. The tank on my 87 5kq is still good,
> working on 14 years
> now. Maybe they used cheap tanks on V8's :)

Is it something they use on the roads in Mass.?  My
200 came from Mass., and some of the parts underneath
were eaten alive by the metal termites.  My 85 5kt,
which has about the same mileage, spent its life in
N.J. mostly and looks new underneath by comparison.

Jim Accordino