<div dir="auto">Same here, Dave. We do have safety and emissions testing on newer cars here in Texas, and a passed test verification is required for the annual license renewal (about $75). Front license plates are required too but the law is typically ignored, especially for sports cars. All cars 25 years and older are not required to be emissions tested and if one chooses 'antique', 'classic', vanity plates, only the rear plate is required. Those specialty plates have a five year renewal, rather than annual, at only a slightly higher cost.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rick</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 6:59 AM DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font size="3">I don't know about your part of the country but here, nobody is looking over my shoulder so if it ain't up to snuff it's no big deal.</font></div>
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To: DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dave1massey@cs.com</a>><br>
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<div>Dave, this is just part of the fun! And I am not at all surprised by the changes given that this is an emissions issue. On my car, the tank vent is, or was plumbed via another pipe, to a carbon canister in the engine compartment.
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<div> <font size="3">If the tube were not connected to that port, yes. On my car there is a four-way T that connects this port and the ports at each end of the tank to a tube that leads to the vapor separator in the trunk which is in turn connected to a tube leading to the charcoal canister.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">But it looks like they changed the configuration over the years.</font><br clear="none">
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<div>Does this vent placing in the filler neck let gas fumes escape into the trunk area? Which would also mean fumes could creep into the car's interior...</div>
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<div><br clear="none">On Nov 3, 2019, at 6:47 PM, DAVID MASSEY <<a rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>
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<div> <font size="3">No, not all. The 71 has a port in the filler tube connected to the cap. Rotating the cap will reposition that tap and necessitate changing the plumbing. I thought they were all that way.</font><br clear="none">
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<div>On my fuel cap, it's neck that goes down into the clamped hose, can be moved around independent of the vent tube on the top of the tank. Aren't they all? </div>
<div>I gill my tank from standing behind the bumper so which side left or right the cap opens is immaterial. </div>
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<div><br clear="none">On Nov 3, 2019, at 2:34 PM, DAVID MASSEY via 6pack <<a rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect">6pack@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>
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<div> <font size="3">It's not that trivial since the tank vent nipple is mounted to the filler and spinning it around will require replumbing the vent tubes. If you wish to avoid that step check where it was before and go from there. On my car it is hinged on the right.</font><br clear="none">
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<div> If you've followed any of the work on my '75 US specification TR6 you will know that the following question is probably irrelevant...but I ask anyway, for your sage advice:</div>
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<div>When reinstalling the fuel filler cap, which is the correct orientation? Hinge side toward the front. Or rear? Or to one side or another?</div>
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