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Well, at long last my Fasty is up in the air in my garage on stands. The old Beetle engine is to be removed and the correct engine installed. I was not prepared to deal with the nearly 7 gallons of gas in the tank which drained out when I removed the fuel line from the carb. I drained most of it into a can but there was a rather large spill when the can filled up, so I had to abandon the garage and turn my gas water heater off for a while! There is an ovoid canister above the trans. with two hoses coming out of either side of it about mayber .5" OD, made of a fibrous material, and it also has a very thin hose on the forward side which used to connect to a fine diameter steel line running along the driver's side of the car to the front. I thought originally it was the brake line, but the brake line appears to run down the tunnel. When I bought the car it was this way, and I am just starting to refurb my little Fasty, so I don't know that much about it yet. The question this time is, what the heck is that canister? The car also has a new-looking electric fuel pump under there, but it was not connected to the engine. The new engine has what appears to be a mechanical fuel pump sitting on top of it. I am going to use dual Webers on the new engine (pict. To be on the Samba soon) do I need this electric fuel pump, or am I better off with the mechanical one? Also, the guy I bought the engine from said he had an extra engine hatch cover plate, but now he says he can't find it! Anybody have an extra one? (carmine red? I know I am asking a lot now!). I live in Houston, and would be glad to buy one and pay shipping on it. Regards, Stephen J. Jackson Commissioning Engineer, Petron Industries, Inc. SJackson@petronworld.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~