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On 10 Oct 2004 at 13:32, Joel Briglia wrote: > I am in the process of replacing the hoses on my '73 fastback's engine. > There is one hose that connects in front of the oil cooler and intake tubes. > It was an old red braided cloth covered hose that didn't seem to be > connected to anything at the other end. I want to replace this hose, but I > don't know where to connect it. The manuals aren't much help. Does it go to > the air cleaner? It probably comes from the Left head, where there would have originally been a nipple into the breather box. It connected the breather box to the air cleaner, one of the 2 nipples pointing straight right on the air cleaner. The second nipple should have a red hose running down to the right heat. > Also, there is a metal canister mounted underneath the car above the > transmission that has two hoses running into it. What is this for? That's the charcoal cannister for the evaporative emissions control. It is almost certainly not working any more, if only because the steel tubes that ran from the gas tank to that tank, via an overflow tank in the LF fender, are clogged with rust inside. Do you have a Bentley manual? It would be helpful for this and many other questions. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~