On 5/7/2008 4:43 AM Chris S wrote: > It's a Kryptonite container... > > No really, it's an activated charcoal canister which, if you live the state > of Cali, must be plugged in and functional. This canister should be hooked > up to a vacuum line on one end and the gas tank on another. It simply > absorbs hydrocarbon emissions from evaporating/expanding gasoline. My '72 > Beetle had one too. My '71 bus has one, too. The PO had a local crap shop put in a crap replacement engine which promptly blew up not long after I got the bus. I replaced that engine with a factory-built new one (the Puebla, Mexico, VW factory still makes stock engines and they are well-made, too, with modern tools and good QC). I took everything as much back to stock as I could, filled the carbon canister with new activated charcoal (aquarium supplies) and reconnected it. I reckon it's back there doing what it was meant to do. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR |
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