[TR] Past histories

[Andrew Uprichard]

As a physician (retired), I often find myself wishing our cars could tell us
about their past medical histories:

 

"Well, doc, back in 1962 we had a bit of an accident and my owner replaced
the front suspension with some oddball stuff.  Oh, and then in 1973 he ran
the engine dry and ended up getting a TR3 engine from a junk yard.  And that
extra hole in the firewall?  Seemed he had some idea idea about re-routing
cables which didn't work out too well...."

 

So I don't know what to make of the gas tank in my TR4.  It has a short
breather pipe right behind the filler on top of the tank - not the vent tube
the Moss catalog tells me it should have.  And there is no drain plug - just
an output on the driver's side.

 

Is this a typical TR4 variant or does this car have a story to tell?  And if
anyone has seen this before, what should be done with the breather / vent
pipe? There is a hole in the floor where I think the banjo-type vent should
be, but I can plug that.

 

Any help would be great - thanks !

Andrew Uprichard

Jackson, Michigan

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