Fuel spill pipe double cab

renka · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:42 am Post subject: Fuel spill pipe double cab

Hello to you all,

A small question from holland
My son and I are currently restoring a '63 double cab to its former glory.
The project can be viewed here:

http://www.spijlbussen.nl/web/index.php/topic,6042.0.html

One small item we can not find details about is the form and location of the fuel spill pipe, at least I guess there must be one in there originally as the hole under the fuel filler pipe is present.

Cannot find any pics from inside or from the underside, to properly put one back in the right place

Anyone around who can help me out with a picture? Diameter will be the same as the one in my own 13 window I guess

Thanks in advance

Cheers René
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BulliBill · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:30 am Post subject:

The earliest Double-Cabs didn't have that "fuel spill" drain pipe stock from the factory either, and I'm not sure offhand when that changed, but my '67 Westy has a stock drain pipe (different location farther back in the engine compartment of course). Since my '59 Double-Cab didn't have one stock, during the prep for body work, we fabbed one up and installed it on my early DC.

Here is a link to the build thread in general: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=545000&start=0

If you spill even a little gas it will drain down into the gas tank area and stinks up the interior for quite a while before it evaporates and the smell finally wears off. I wasn't having any more of that in my DC, so we fixed it. I don't think that I have shot any photos of that modification on my DC, but I'll look around for some...

Bill Bowman

p.s. I love the work you are doing on your '63, and that DC cake on page one looked awesome!
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EDragnDean · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:43 pm Post subject:

None on my 63. Uses the same bracket as the Busses, so there is a drain hole, but no tube.

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BulliBill · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:03 am Post subject:

I dug around and finally found a photo of the drain pipe that we added to the filler bracket to drain away any gas spill on my '59 DC. Not "stock" on this year Transporter, but once you spill some gas down inside the interior, you will never want that to happen again. I decided I wanted to improve that flaw on this DC.

My buddy fabbed up a drain pipe and welded in in, it pops several inches below the floor and drains spilt fuel to the ground.

Bill
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I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton

Thanks for any help!

renka · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:54 pm Post subject:

Thank you for the replies guys

Bill, your project looks awesome, well done !

Cheers René
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Eric&Barb · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:00 pm Post subject:

Our two 1963 SCs have same no drain pipe situation. Which is why both have more rust on that side of the floor. Will be adding the drain pipe to get rid of the future rust problems.
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Chad M · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:32 pm Post subject:

I was thinking about this potential trouble spot and wondering if there isn't a rubber bib or gaitor that could be used around the filler neck with an approximate exit near the factory drain hole. Because the front and rear are open and there isn't any built in swale (at least on my '60 SC) directing the fuel to that small hole, gasoline would be free to spill out from either end of the filler neck supporting sheet metal, thereby defeating our best efforts to direct the fuel down the intended hole.

I'm going to flip a few fuel doors when I think of it and try to find a suitable candidate.

Eric&Barb · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:13 pm Post subject:

If that does not work out, one could just use some seam sealer to form up dams at either end. Easy to do and easy to reverse if someone down the line decides to remove it for museum purposes... Wink

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