[Spridgets] Fuel take carbon and vapor filters

Robert Duquette robertduquette at sympatico.ca
Tue Jul 8 12:32:52 MDT 2008


... into the tequila bar?

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Brad Fornal"

fwiw, IIRC, our 68 vents into the boot. But then, we don't have any lamp
switch to create a spark either.

Brad

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:52 AM, David Lieb <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>
wrote:

 > > Can I eliminate the whole second fuel line mumbo-jumbo along with the
 > > carbon filter and vapor canister in the trunk of a 76 Midget?  I intend
 > to
 > > use a single weber carb.
 >
 > Yes, you can, but you have to make some provision for venting the gas 
tank.
 > I have drilled a couple of 1/8" holes through the metal plate on the 
inside
 > of the gas cap in th epast. Not visible from the outside and perfectly
 > effective. I suppose you could also get a replacement cap from a
 > pre-emissions Spridget or use the one from your Heavey Healey ;-)
 > Alternatively, you could vent the line that currently goes to the 
cannister
 > in the boot, but then you could wind up with fumes in the boot and a 
lovely
 > boot light switch that tends to spark... not the best of all possible
 > configurations.
 > David Lieb


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