engine and drivetrain more desmogging questions

[mikea]

hey all

my 74 2002 carb. version

this concerns the charcoal canister in the engine compartment.

can I just lose it?

( I had already 86'd the hose from it to air cleaner)

I suspect it might not be doing much good 36 years on...

if I get rid of it, what about the rest of that system?

the plastic box under the parcel shelf, and all the way to the filler neck in the trunk.

can I just plug that hose at the neck? or maybe get an earlier neck

without the hose?

would I ever regret losing all this stuff from a functional standpoint?

thanks

mike

[gastephens]

I just did this procedure. Works like a champ.

Lose the canister. Like you said, it is probably toast.

Remove the plastic box in the trunk and remove the lines to and from it.

Cut off the plastic hose coming from the filler neck

Take a piece of the plastic hose to the auto store and get 2' of fuel hose that fits tightly on it.

Drill a hole the size of the fuel hose in the bottom of the trunk from below the car near the right rear bumper mount

Route the fuel line hose from the plastic hose to the hole. It is important that the hose fit snugly in the hole.

Done! this will eliminate the interior and trunk gas smell.s

Note. there is a small hole on the left side of the center bumper mount for this purpose (Euro cars) but it is virtually impossible to route a hose there on the big bumper cars so just drill a new one.

[mikea]

Glenn

Thanks for this info.

i have a few rust holes in the floor of my trunk that will make this procedure even easier

mike