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Mismost · #1 01-22-2006, 10:17 AM

If you have a wagon, please reply to this thread! I have a ton of questions you could with experience could help me with that may only relate to wagons. Like:

1. how do get the dadgum fuse box lid back on??

2. the big plastic tank by the spare tire, is that really for fuel expansion...I had no idea fuel grew that much

3. under the wagon, all the way at the back....what is that egg carton looking thing?

I would like to get you guys with wagons on a "call first list" for future reference...anybody close to San Antonio....or even in Texas??

TheDon · #2 01-22-2006, 10:25 AM

i can help you even though i have a sedan

the thing that looks like alot of eggs together.. thats a vaccuum resivore

the fuse lid.. to get it back on is an art you have to angle it slightly and turn it at the same time.. just be patient it takes time to get it back on

the fuel expansion tank is neccesary . a full tank of fuel during the hotter months i belive will expand and it needs someplace to go before it spurts out the fuel inlet. somepeople can fill their cars up with 21 gallons by using the expansion tank.. dont ask how they do it

Biodiesel300TD · #3 01-22-2006, 11:00 AM

I find with the fuse cover that if you pull the rubber seal off the metal right above the fuse panel the cover will go on a little easier. I think the easiest way is to squint our right eye and stick your tongue out a bit and hope the sun is pointing the right direction.

You have found one the the tricky spots.

MTUpower · #4 01-22-2006, 11:49 AM

Wagon or not the Don is right. Just keep trying on the fuse box cover. You'll get it.

dieseldiehard · #5 01-22-2006, 01:49 PM

Welcome to the Wagon world, great cars!
Biodiesel300TD has it right, you remove the rubber hood sela, its just pressed on and easily put back after the fuse cover finally gets on square.
If the plastic expansion tank ever starts leaking (they tend to crack) find one off an early wagon, a 79 or 80 model which was still made of metal and swap it in.
Oh and that egg carton thingie? I believe you are seeing the vacuum reservoir. One of them that is, there is another one in a fneder panel somewhere. The central locking system (CLS) uses vacuum stored in various places.

Tiredofagasser · #6 01-22-2006, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mismost

1. how do get the dadgum fuse box lid back on??

I initially thought I was "Wagon Handicapped" but I said some really bad words

and then suddenly it was back in place! It's pretty cool how it just happens!

ImBroke · #7 01-22-2006, 08:41 PM

Sometimes you'll be fighting it,, and the next thing you know it's in there,,, and all you can do is say "oh, that wasn't so hard".. all the while thinking "How in the world did that go back in???"

lrg · #8 01-22-2006, 11:52 PM

For those who have cracked expansion tanks I found I could fix mine by some careful "welding" with an old soldering iron. The plastic is pretty thick so you can melt areas around the crack and seal it up. I did that a few year ago and it is still holding together just fine. The best part is the fix is basically free.