[DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?

Terry Appleby taappleby at bigpond.com
Thu Mar 7 21:45:37 EST 2013


Whilst driving my Pantera in the land downunder, I have not noticed the fuel
running out of the vent - It sure disappears into the carby quickly though
LOL.

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From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com]On
Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: 2013-03-08 13:15
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?


I doubt it will ever make it that far, but just in case, I'll be sure to
schedule time in a reverse oscillating inversion cyclotron before the
trip...  just to be sure no gas leaks out.

:)
Asa

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 3/7/2013 2:20 PM, Rob Dumoulin wrote:
> "... as long as the car is not upside down."
>
> Does that mean you can never bring your car to Australia?
>
> Rob
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com>
wrote:
>
>> Chuck,
>> In my case the rollover valve acts as a vent..... as long as the car is
not
>> upside down.
>>
>> :)
>> Asa
>> I can send you photos when I get home.
>>
>>
>> Sent using Jedi mind tricks.
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: cengles at cox.net
>> To: asajay at asajay.com
>> Cc: detomaso at poca.com
>> Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2013 18:34:11 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister  ?
>>
>>
>> Dear Asa,
>>
>>                    Hmm.  So I can pull the charcoal canister.  That then
>> leads to the question of using the Pantera gas tank without any venting.
>> I must admit that I seem to have done that with the other Pantera for
>> about twenty plus years with no known detrimental effects.   So, is
>> there any problem with a non vented Pantera gas tank?
>>
>>                               Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
>>
>>    I pulled mine out last year during all the engine prep for SSCC.  I
>> now have the vent line routed to a rollover valve above the tank.  The
>> space where the charcoal canister was will be repuposed for a modified
>> cooling system eventually.
>>
>> Asa
>>
>> Sent using Jedi mind tricks.
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: cengles at cox.net
>> To: detomaso at poca.com
>> Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2013 15:18:16 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister?
>>
>>
>> Dear Forum,
>>
>> I still have a disconnected charcoal canister for the original
>> fuel system venting (?).   It has been disconnected for about twenty
>> years.  Is there any reason not to pull it out?  I think that Jack
>> DeRyke discussed this a while back, but as usual I was sleeping in the
>> back of class.
>>
>> Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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