Author Topic: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda  (Read 14496 times)

Offline willard

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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2010 - 03:26:40 PM »
Maybe I used a wrong term - I thought that the vertical tube in the trunk, where 4 tubes from the tank vents go is in fact a charcoal canister?
My car is N95 and the tubes looked like this before resto:


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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2010 - 03:42:36 PM »
'70s had a vapor seperator. Diagrams that show it & talk about it about the middle of this page;

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/ServiceHighlights/1970PassengerCarHighlights09.shtml

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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2010 - 04:26:22 PM »
Barry, thanks for the diagrams but I already know them and the prinicpe on how the ECS system works. I just need a good shot of a 70 challenger from underneath.
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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2010 - 06:04:01 PM »
I had to hunt for these, I had misnamed the album they were in.  :pullinghair:

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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2010 - 06:04:41 PM »
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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #20 on: October 08, 2010 - 06:05:25 PM »
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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #21 on: October 09, 2010 - 01:53:51 AM »
That's it! Thanks Barry.
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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2010 - 10:03:38 AM »
How should the shield be fastened and to which elements?

I found my old shield (I almost dumped it thinking is a self made protection addred by the previous owner) and it is slightly bend.
It has 3 holes - 2 where connected to the inner/outer wheelhouse and one somewhere to the framerail? On the Barry's pictures I see no screw in that 3rd hole. How should it be mounted?

And the color - my shield is black on the inner side and slightly orange + undercoating on the outerside. Whatis the proper color?

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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2010 - 12:41:31 PM »
 Here is one on a restored car, it looks like his was bare.

If yours shows black paint you should put it back that way.

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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #24 on: October 10, 2010 - 12:56:12 PM »
Shoudnt there be the 3rd attaching point for that shield? It's strange that such a piece of metal is fastened only with 2 little screws and bounces while car is moving. However I see no place to fasten it using the third hole - but the factory put that hole for a reason...
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Re: Fuel Tank Vent Tubes ***NEED HELP! 70 Cuda
« Reply #25 on: October 10, 2010 - 06:50:09 PM »
Odd, but that appears to be the way it is.