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On 21 Nov 2005 at 1:12, andy wrote: > there is a small clear line on the drivers side that runs alongside the > gas tank and attaches to a metal line. > > seems to be damp with fuel. where does that go and what to do about it? It leads to an overflow tank under the LF fender. From there, there is another line that runs to the charcoal cannister above the transmission, where gas fumes are trapped. More hoses carry those fumes to the engine when it runs so that those fumes can be burned rather than being released to the air. In my experience, this system is always dead by now. The problem is that all the steel lines have rusted on the inside and no longer allow anything to pass thru them. You can test them by opening a line somwhere and trying to blow thru the hose. There doesn't need to be any significant flow, but there needs to be some, because this is the only path for air to get back in the tank to replace gas which is used up. Here's what I do: 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. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~