Date:         Wed, 7 May 2008 07:18:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: unidentified cylindrical object
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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