I have almost brought this thing back to life. I was driving my 86 cabby down the road the other when I noticed a strong smell of raw gasoline in the cab of the car. I looked behind me to see a line of gas trailing behind me in the road. After some inspecting, I found that the gas is leaking from under the car where the fuel pump is right underneath the gas tank. The owner before me used the wrong fuel pump relay for a different model of cabriolet and it has had new fuel pumps and lines because of this.
My question is what do I need to replace to keep the gas in the tank and lines instead of on the road and how to I drain the gas tank and keep the gas when I go to replace the lines?

 

Welcome to the forum.

The main job is you need to check and fix where the fuel is leaking from.

https://volkswagenforum.com/forum/ne...gnature-34185/

 

I found that the fuel is leaking from a bad o ring on the fuel pump under the back seat. I will buy a new o ring and put it on within a few days to get this thing back on the road.