That should go to a charcoal canister, part of the fuel tank vapor emissions controls. Have one on my Thing. The canister is mounted up by the tranny. A small line goes from the fuel tank to the canister and brings gas vapors. A large line goes from that doghouse connector to the canister and brings in pressurized air which goes through the charcoal and back out another large line that goes into the air cleaner to 'recycle' the vapors. Jeff
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: one more '66 question (dog-house fan shroud) Author: walshp@h1l6xa.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil at INTERNET Date: 5/6/96 9:24 PM
dlytle@as.arizona.edu (Dyer Lytle) writes: >One more question about my '66 fan shroud. I'm mounting a dog-house >cooling system on the engine I'm building and the dog-house shroud has >a small (mebbe 1/2 inch) pipe sticking out the *top* of the shroud off >to one side a bit. This is in addition to the two fresh-air-heating air >ducts on the *back* (back means back of the car) of the shroud that connect >to the heat exchangers and the duct on the *front* of the shroud for the oil >cooler exhaust. What is this pipe used for? (I guess this is a good >question for 1971 bus owners or for 1971 and later sedan owners since that >was where the dog-house cooling tin was used.) > Hey, I was wondering that myself. When I bought my '71, nothing was hooked up to it either. I just plugged it so that air that might be used for cooling wasn't being released from it, but I'm kind of curious. Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@camry.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil
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