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I need some help!! I am attempting to install a Mr. Dan Masters wire harness into my broke down 69TR. Slow going since I have no auto electrical experience and have not yet identified all the components of the auto.

I think I cut something I should not have cut. Need advice.

I removed everything from the auto rear trunk compartment as the wiring instructions call for. Today, I was attempting to install new wires in the tail of the car and was removing all the dead wires back there. I cut a black, 1/4" diameter "wire" that turned out to be a hollow plastic tube of some sort.

The tube comes into the rear at the upper left side of the gas tank, sweeps downward, threads thru the rear bodywork shell behind the license plate, sweeps back up and disappears behind the upper right side of the gas tank. It does not seem to connect to anything in the trunk area. It is supported by white plastic clips that look very old.

The tube has no oder, contains no liquid but I cannot blow air thru it. I left it alone cut in half in case I need to splice it back together.

Can anyone please identify the plastic tube I cut?? If so, what shall I do with it?

thank you very much,

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You seem to have found your fuel vapor line that links the fuel tank to the charcoal canister (in the engine compartment). In early TR's that line seemed to make a 'lap' around the trunk. In later TR's it did not make that 'lap'.

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Just a guess, Fuel tank vent?
 
It would probably be a good idea to put that line back together while it's fresh in your mind.
 
You could pull really hard on it and see what's on the other end /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
Or,
you can just let it vent to the atmosphere down the side of the frame to the rear of the car, perhaps away from the tip of the exhaust pipe.

I'm not supposted to tell you that.

Bill
 
THANKS ONE AND ALL- WHAT DOES THIS CHARCOAL CANISTER LOOK LIKE? WHERE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT MIGHT I FIND IT?

Tinster
 
Yep.......Vent the tank side & plug the signal and purge hoses. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
 
Does a 69 even have one? If you did, it would be behind the right headlight inside the engine bay. Bout the size of a can of Maxwell House Coffee. hint, hint

I betcha somebody ripped it out already.


Bill
 
According to Moss Motors the evaporative loss system that everyone seems to be describing didn't start until 1970. Anyway, if you look closely at the drawing, you can see how the lines run.
 
I had a 69, and it did not have the canister in the engine bay - pretty sure it never came that way. Not sure about venting lines in the back though.

Randy.
 
Another thought - what style of gas cap does your 69 have? Mine was a neat magnetic catch lid that I'm pretty sure was unique to 69 - if you have something else it may mean the previous owner swapped out tanks long ago and that line probably vents back to the frame somewhere as Bill suggested.
 
Tinster, What is your VIN#? If its CC50000 or greater then the Car is actually a 1970 or later. It's also possible that someone updated the car at some point to reduce the gas smell in the garage from the fuel tank venting to atmosphere or its a late 1969 that started getting some 'new' stuff before the official model year change. Either way, I certainly can't think of anything else that makes a 'lap' around the trunk other than the early evaporative loss system.

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