Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:32:20 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: What the heck is this?
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my apologies, I missed , 'driver's side wheel well' ..
and ..
sure, I wouldn't say it's obvious what that tank is there.
'normal cars' don't have anything like that.
as for Bentley ..
until you know the van, it's systems, and that book fairly well ..
it is very much 'thumb through and look at the pictures' .
I think it's in the section on 'fuel supply' .
Shown with the gas tank.
really ..
it takes a while to get handy with that book.
but lots of fun interesting things in there too.
and it's not a 'how to' manual really.
and it's not 100 % complete..
'everything' you could know about a vanagon is not necessarily in there.
or ..sometimes it's *really* hard to find.
is the ignition switch in 'steering' or in 'electrical' ? for example.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: What the heck is this?
> My 1984 1.9L has an evap cannister?
>
> Probably needs refreshing. On my 1972 bay window, the cannister could be
> opened and rechraged by filling it with activated charcoal --
> purchasable from your FLPS (Friendly Local Pet Store). Same thing here?
>
>
> On Sun, 2011-07-10 at 18:48 -0700, BenT Syncro wrote:
>
>> Vapor recovery tank. EVAP canister.
>>
>>
>> BenT
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>> <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> > In the driver's side front wheel well is a bulgy-shaped tank of
>> > translucent white plastic. Looks like something that fell out of a
>> > cow's
>> > nose, if the cow was the size of a house.
>> >
>> > There is a tube, or stiff hose, that goes to it, or sorta close to it.
>> > My son and I found this loose tube today when we were routing wires for
>> > gauge senders from the engine compartment forward. Can't tell where the
>> > tube went or if it's just supposed to hang there, open like that.
>> >
>> > See photo at
>> >
>> > <https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FoRHHsDdb8sM2I7wJ6XxVlJbs0jfqWzYGmp3wNhwT3E?feat=directlink>
>> >
>> > What is that tank and what is that tube/hose?
>> >
>> > 1984, 1.9L, auto transmission. Shoe size: 10W, favorite color: orange.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott)
>> > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> > '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> > Bend, OR
>> > KG6RCR
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