[TR] Hoses to carbon canister for Triumphs similar to that, used on a TR6 (Sujit Roy)

[Jeff Scarbrough]

Could it be that the California cars had two canisters?

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 11:50 AM Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think but am not sure that the '71 Stag originally came with a canister
> with 2 ports. But unfortunately, know one has confirmed. In some of the
> manuals and parts books, there are illustrations of the Stag having 2
> 2-port canisters.
> Stag no1 has a carburetor swap to a later Mk2 set. The Mk2 2 Stag has a
> 3-port canister. The ports on this type are vertical. I was able to find a
> 3 port canister from a junkyard. It came out of an MGB. THis canister
> didn't have a restrictor.
> Sujit
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 6:03 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
>
>> Interesting.  The early TR6 (without Anti-Run-On valve) didn't have this
>> restrictor.  Nor did it have the third port for the hoses that go to the
>> top of the float chambers.  These were added to support the Anti-Run-On
>> valve.  But if the Stag doesn't have the Anti-Run-On valve why did they
>> use this canister?  I guess they used what was on the shelf at the time
>> which is the part used on the TR6 at the time.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com>
>> To: Q <HDRider570 at att.net>
>> Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2020 9:52 pm
>> Subject: Re: [TR] Hoses to carbon canister for Triumphs similar to that,
>> used on a TR6 (Sujit Roy)
>>
>> Thanks Edward. Yes the middle one to the valve cover. Small piece of
>> plastic with a small hole in it.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 11:44 AM Q <HDRider570 at att.net> wrote:
>>
>> There is a flow reducer bushing placed into one of the canister ports
>> that is often missing.?? I don't remember which port but it is shown of
>> the parts diagram.
>>
>>
>> Edward Hamer
>>
>> Petaluma CA
>>
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