Re: how to remove the vacuum canister

"Bob Paulin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> J Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article > 
> > See how the cars were made in 1969, perhaps they used a vented gas cap, 
> > and had no vent line going to the front of the car.  If so, you might be 
> > able to swap in the tank from a 69, and only have to worry about 
> > breaking the federal law called The Clean Air Act.....
> > 
> > -- 
> 
> The guy's trying to chintz out on replacing the charcoal canister......I'm
> sure he's willing to spend the money necessary to retrofit an earlier gas
> tank!?!?!?!?!
> 
> If he spends a fraction of the money necessary for a tank replacement, he
> can fix his problem correctly, AND be within Federal standards - at least
> on this portion of his vapor recovery system.
> 
> He MIGHT only need to change the C.C. breather filter....

I removed the canister from my old carbureted Chevy and blocked the
purge line from the carburetor. The tank line is run away from the
engine area with a gas filter on the end of it. I never smell any gas
fumes and the car runs very well and starts way better than before
canister removal, which was years ago. You could plug the vent line
and find an old vented gas cap or make one. That's how cars ran for
years. I think my way pulls less moisture into the tank. It works for
me, but others have flamed me for breathing my experience here before
so have at it. (And on a newer car such alteration would be a
disaster.)