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You're not hallucinating, I remember seeing it on an old wreck. Didn't pay attention to the year or anything, I was looking for some other parts, tank clips and bolts, I think. Thought it was kind of interesting at the time, but I'd repaired my old sender, so had little interest in another. Like you say, 6 bolts ought to be a good enough ground to the tank. When I repainted my tank, I was worried more about the tank to body ground. Apparently the hold-down clips cut through the paint and made a good enough ground, but I kind of worried about that. I'm surprised that VW didn't spot-weld a ground strap on the tank. On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 08:34:15 -0600, you wrote: >This brings up an interesting question. I have an old manual that >points out that there should be a small copper "strap" that wraps >around the rubber gasket at one point to insure a good ground. This >manual has a picture of this strap/gasket/sender/tank. > > I have never seen one of these straps, and I wonder when they were >supplied. Once you think about it you realize that the 6 bolts that >attach the sender form a perfectly goo ground. What was VW thinking? > >Or was this just some kind of inside joke on the part of the people >who wrote the manual? > >Has anyone ever seen this copper ground strap? It was just a tiny "U" >shaped strap with a hole in each end so it could slip around the >gasket allowing one of the bolts to pass through each end, once on >each side of the rubber gasket. > >Jim–»²š**************************** >Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org >Madison, Wisconsin, USA >******************************* > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe