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Andrew315 04-23-2016 01:24 AM

Probably a dumb question regarding emissions
 
As I've posted before, I am in the process of completely restoring everything under the hood of my truck. One of those things being all rubber and vacuum lines. I plan on replacing my vapor canister as it just sits on the frame rail with nothing holding it in place. With replacing that canister, I plan on replacing the lines to and from it. What kind of tubing should I use? I tried looking it up only to find the premade lines which I'd rather do without. Does it need to be fuel line? or could I get away with cheaper stuff? TIA

Chris_1 04-23-2016 09:01 AM

The canister is supposed to be attached to the battery mount. There should be a place for it to sort of clip in to and then 1 bolt near the top.
The line from the tank to the canister is just steel line. Get the right size o.d. line and a tube bender (kinda like a pair of pliers) and you should be good. It just directs gas fumes so nothing real special required.

Andrew315 04-23-2016 11:57 PM


Originally Posted by Chris_1 (Post 4701255)
The canister is supposed to be attached to the battery mount. There should be a place for it to sort of clip in to and then 1 bolt near the top.
The line from the tank to the canister is just steel line. Get the right size o.d. line and a tube bender (kinda like a pair of pliers) and you should be good. It just directs gas fumes so nothing real special required.

Thank you. Both mounting points of my canister were broken off and I didn't have the lower bracket on my battery tray. Spent some time at the junkyard today going through dnd grabbing all the mounts and brackets I'm missing and am currently in the process of removing my intake manifold to replace the leaking gasket. And I just now reminded myself to buy some scotchbrite.


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