Unknown Part - "HELP" lol

[vavwfan1]

Hi All; just started putting my "74" Transporter back together after taking an 8 month hiatus (damn I hate working for a living). After gathering all the loose hardware and getting reacquainted where everything goes, I ran across this part that I can best describe as "A Flanged Tube."

I tried to figure out where it goes, but can't find it.

Does anyone know where this orphan's home should be??

[soissisc]

it "looks" like a fuel tank outlet, missing the nut and the gasket, but it is a lot shorter than I am used to seeing on my early bay tank.
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[obieoberstar]

could it be the remains of an metal and glass type fuel filter. looks to have a nice round rust pattern around the center with some clean metal on the perimeter.

another picture with a different angle might help.

[busdaddy]

Some thing else in the pic for scale might help too, right now I'm going with the fuel tank outlet theory.
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[Wildthings]

The rust indicates that that end is up and that water sits on it. I am going to go with it being a tank outlet that has been shortened.

[airschooled]

Funny, I didn’t think of the tank outlet until I read the comments, but the “scale” was obvious to me as a bellhousing with a throw out bearing lubrication hole drilled in it
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[vavwfan1]

I think you guys are correct!! "Thanks"

I drained the tank months ago and tried to get access to the lower tank with one of those borescope camera's but ran into the pre-filter screen on the outlet. I guess it requires a, O-ring, which wasn't originally with it?? "Why" it didn't leak, I dunno??

That said; I pulled one of the big filler tubes off and stuck the camera down and there is some corrosion on the bottom of the tank, but not too bad. Gotta explore a fix for it, while I have the engine out!

[Nicholas D]

That's my old and new fuel tank outlet I recently replaced. Definitely looks like my older, shorter one.

[busdaddy]