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> On '70 cars, there is a steel line that runs across the top of the trunk at the > back. I replace that with a plastic line from a later year. > > On all '70-'73s, I remove the outside overflow cannister and the lines to and > from it, as well as the charcoal cannister & hoses. Cap off the places on the > engine where those hoses attached. > > Remove the metal line which passes out the side of the trunk and discard it. > Remove the rubber plug near the LF corner of the gas tank and cut off it's > pointed end; that leaves a hole thru it. Use another plastic tube from a later > year to make an extension which will go from the clear plastic hose thru this > "grommet" and about 4" farther down. That becomes your gas tank vent. Use heat > to bend this tube to fit. thanks. Im new to FI. never owned a vw new enough to have it before also never had one with a vapor system. (intact anyway) This new squareback is very original mechaically. I noticed that the hoses for the vapor system are toast. also I noticed a gas smell after right turn. __________________________________________________________________________ andy miami fl 64 'lenore' 68 'slowpoke' 71 squareback/FI(daughters) T2 buy/sell babysitter South Florida Buspages www.type2.com/~andy/sfbusses/sfindex.html __________________________________________________________________________ ICQ 109998779 AIM - bulli64 __________________________________________________________________________ Philosopy of Leswests * We like to enjoy the good things in life. * We are in favor of activities which don't cost much. * We prefer to camp outside of campings,even if it's not too legal. * We don't bother much about keeping our West's as neet or closer as possible to the original look of a Westfalias, we prefer the utility and the personnality of the vehicule. * We try to repair ourselves our Wests. * We try to help each other at the most. * We wanna have fun! _________________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~