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On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 10:50, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Gamboa, Gary wrote: > > >Here's my ignorant question: > > > >What purpose does the gas filler neck gasket serve? The wide, plunger-looking rubber > >piece that surrounds the gas cap. > > > > > I suppose it would serve to keep mud and water from coming out the fuel > door when driving in the rain, and it's rubber because the tolerances > between the filler neck and the fender aren't all that tight. Without > this, I would imagine that if you drove through mud, the fuel filler > area would quickly be covered in crap. > Ask the guy that drives 10 miles of gravel roads every day. The boot keeps a lot of crap out from around the filler door. That was one of the first thigs that needed replaced on my '71. And it is NOT color cordinated. My fasty is clemintine orange, and the boot I got has bright yellow over spray all over it. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~