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

Sujit Roy triumphstag at gmail.com
Tue Sep 1 21:22:27 MDT 2020


Looks like it also has a cowl protecting the fan

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 8:21 PM Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's good to hear. Ur 72 has a mk2 radiator was that standard. I thought
> that came with mk2 73 year models
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> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 7:07 PM Michael Burdick <salty1249y at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My ‘72 has two canisters and from what I can tell, it came that way. I
>> bought the car in 1996 from the second owner who bought it it 1978. At the
>> time of my purchase, he told me that he had done nothing but maintenance
>> and that the previous (first) owner told him the same. For what that’s
>> worth, it seems to support that the two canisters were always there. I had
>> the attached pic on my phone showing the two canisters - if there is
>> interest, I can easily take more detailed pics of how they are installed.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Mike Burdick in Illinois
>>
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>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM John Mitchell <jmitch at snet.net> wrote:
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>>> I have a 72 and cannot find any indication that a second canister
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>>> was ever mounted.
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>>> On 9/1/2020 4:45 PM, Sujit Roy wrote:
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>>> I think the 2 canister versions were for the '72
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>>> model Stag and not many came to the US because of strikes at the
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>>> factory ( That's what someone said)
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>>> The 2 version one is illustrated in the Stag Parts Book.
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>>> DIdn't all Triumph come with some sticker saying California
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>>> compliance for emissions or something like that?
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>>>
>>> Sujit
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>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:24 AM
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>>> DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
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>>>> Could be.  The TR7 and TR8 both have
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>>>> two canisters but that was later on in the decade as
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>>>> emissions regulations tightened more and more.
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>>>> Dave
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>>>> -----Original
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>>>> Message-----
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>>>> From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
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>>>> To: Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com>;
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>>>> Triumphs (triumphs at autox.team.net)
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>>>> Sent: Tue, Sep 1, 2020 7:08 am
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>>>> Subject: Re: [TR] Hoses to carbon canister for Triumphs
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>>>> similar to that, used on a TR6 (Sujit Roy)
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>>>> Could it be that the California cars
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>>>> had two canisters?
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>>>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 11:50 AM
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>>>> Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com>
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>>>> wrote:
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>>>> I think but am not sure that the
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>>>> '71 Stag originally came with a canister with 2
>>>>
>>>> ports. But unfortunately, know one has
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>>>> confirmed. In some of the manuals and parts
>>>>
>>>> books, there are illustrations of the Stag
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>>>> having 2 2-port canisters.
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>>>> 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
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>>>> junkyard. It came out of an MGB. THis canister
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>>>> didn't have a restrictor.
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>>>>
>>>> Sujit
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>>>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 6:03 AM
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>>>> DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com>
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>>>> wrote:
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>>>> Interesting.  The
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>>>> early TR6 (without Anti-Run-On valve)
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>>>> didn't have this restrictor.  Nor did it
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>>>> have the third port for the hoses that
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>>>> 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
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>>>> used on the TR6 at the time.
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>>>> Dave
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>>>> -----Original
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>>>> From: Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com>
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>>>> To: Q <HDRider570 at att.net>
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>>>> Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
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>>>> Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2020 9:52 pm
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>>>> Subject: Re: [TR] Hoses to carbon canister
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>>>> for Triumphs similar to that, used on a
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>>>> TR6 (Sujit Roy)
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>>>> Thanks Edward. Yes the middle one
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>>>> to the valve cover. Small piece of
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>>>> plastic with a small hole in it.
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>>>> On Thu, Aug 27,
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>>>> 2020, 11:44 AM Q <HDRider570 at att.net>
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>>>> wrote:
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>>>> There
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>>>> is a flow reducer bushing placed
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>>>> into one of the canister ports
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>>>>
>>>> that is often missing.?? I don't
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>>>> remember which port but it is
>>>>
>>>> shown of
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>>>> the parts diagram.
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