Filler neck band

Fellow air-cooled drivers,

Is there a trick to installing the 1 inch black band over the filler
neck pipe and gas tank filler pipe? I have a '74 Super Beetle and I'm
tired of smelling gas fumes. I bought a brand new hose and bands from
the local VW dealer but the big hose removes the black band every time I
put it on. I tried gluing the band on but that didn't work..

Try coating the inside of the filler hose with WD-40. That worked for me.
I just installed my filler tube today.

"azazel scratch" > wrote in message
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> Fellow air-cooled drivers,
>
> Is there a trick to installing the 1 inch black band over the filler
> neck pipe and gas tank filler pipe? I have a '74 Super Beetle and I'm
> tired of smelling gas fumes. I bought a brand new hose and bands from
> the local VW dealer but the big hose removes the black band every time I
> put it on. I tried gluing the band on but that didn't work..
>

Try coating the inside of the filler hose with WD-40. That worked for me.
I just installed my filler tube today.

"azazel scratch" > wrote in message
...
> Fellow air-cooled drivers,
>
> Is there a trick to installing the 1 inch black band over the filler
> neck pipe and gas tank filler pipe? I have a '74 Super Beetle and I'm
> tired of smelling gas fumes. I bought a brand new hose and bands from
> the local VW dealer but the big hose removes the black band every time I
> put it on. I tried gluing the band on but that didn't work..
>

This is the same method I used too. If I hadn't been replacing the old
filler neck, I would have never believed that it ever came off of that
tube. It took two people pushing and pulling for me to get it back on.
-Ray