[VB] Fuel reserve switch

[E Burtis]

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!





On Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:54 PM, Kevin Guarnotta <kguarnotta at usa.net> wrote:
 
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).



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? 



-Kevin Guarnotta

Jamaica Plain, MA



'78 Westy

'69 Singlecab

'65 Ez-camper





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