[DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Thu Mar 7 21:05:46 EST 2013


Gas, burning rubber, nitro and #@$&#

Oh...Krispy Kreme..hot and fresh....

Any questions?

Michael
On Mar 7, 2013 9:01 PM, "Will Kooiman" <will.kooiman at gmail.com> wrote:

> We were at dinner once, and one of the wives said, "I always smell gasoline
> when I get in Steve's car."
>
> I said, "Yeah, I know, isn't it great?"
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> It's all a matter of perspective.
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> Will
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> From:  Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
> Date:  Thursday, March 7, 2013 8:55 PM
> To:  Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
> Cc:  <detomaso at poca.com>
> Subject:  RE: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?
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> RE: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?
> Dear Will,
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>
>              Somehow Apocalypse Now comes to mind…."I love the smell of
> napalm in the morning."
>
>                       Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Kooiman [mailto:will.kooiman at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 7:22 PM
> To: Charles Engles; MikeLDrew at aol.com; B Hower; 'Christopher Kimball';
> 'Larry Weston'; 'Asa Jay Laughton'; JDeRyke at aol.com
> Cc: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?
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> One moreŠ
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> I ran for years with no vent, but I had a Permacap from Hall.  The permacap
> has a spring loaded flapper.  You shove the gas nozzle on the flapper to
> put
> gas in the tank.  When you remove the nozzle, it springs shut.  So, as gas
> empties, the flapper allows air to enter the tank, and there's no suction
> in
> the tank.  When it gets hot, I'm sure it pressurizes the tank somewhat, but
> it never seemed to be a big deal.
>
> I don¹t have a permacap anymore, so I'm going to reinstall a vent, but I'm
> putting the vent up high.  When I installed the rollover valve, it wasn't
> sealed well enough, and it dumped gas onto the ground.  Not fun.
>
> And the charcoal canister is for pansies that don't like the smell of
> gasoline in the morning.
>
> --
>
> Will
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> On 3/7/13 8:01 PM, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net
> <mailto:cengles at cox.net> > wrote:
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> >Dear Guys:  Thanks!     Chuck Engles
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> >From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com>  [mailto:
> MikeLDrew at aol.com
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> >Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 5:39 PM
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> >To: cengles at cox.net <mailto:cengles at cox.net> ; asajay at asajay.com
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> >Cc: detomaso at poca.com <mailto:detomaso at poca.com>
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> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?
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> >In a message dated 3/7/13 10 34 28, cengles at cox.net <mailto:
> cengles at cox.net>
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> >Hmm.  So I can pull the charcoal canister.  That then leads to the
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> >question of using the Pantera gas tank without any venting.
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> >I must admit that I seem to have done that with the other Pantera for
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> >about twenty plus years with no known detrimental effects.   So, is
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> >there any problem with a non vented Pantera gas tank?
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> >>>>Well, you have to have SOME venting.  You can disconnect the line
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> >>>>from
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> >the cannister, shorten it, and route it to the ground, but you're still
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> >venting.  If you actually plug the opening on the tank, you will create
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> >a vacuum and the tank could literally implode if the gas cap seals
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> >properly, as the fuel is sucked out of it by the fuel pump.
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> >Don't vent directly to the air cleaner.  One backfire, and it's all over!
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> >My vent hose goes to the ground, and unfortunately allows me to
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> >overfill the tank and dump a gallon or more onto the ground.  Must
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> >address that someday....
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> >Mike
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