I want to remove it to make room for a vacuum canister, but I wasn't sure of the "proper way" to remove it. I am running a carbed engine, with no computer whatsoever. Also, if I can find a place to mount my vacuum canister and can keep the charcoal canister, where do I hook it up to a 4160 series Holley? I've torn the whole engine compartment apart, and stupid me doesn't remember how it was put together. I seem to think it was hooked into a PCV valve somehow. The vacuum lines to it have been missing for some time, though.

Basically, if I can remove it with no detriment, that would be great. If it would do me some good to keep it, somebody please tell me how to hook it back up.

Thanks,
Eric

 

Its not hurting anything being in place. I like not having to breathe your gas fumes.

 

The charcoal canister acts as the vent for the tank and vapor collector for the carb bowl. You can eliminate the line to the carb and keep the canister, but if you eliminate the canister you need to plug the line to the tank and use a vented gas cap.

Vacuum diagrams can be found on the FAQ forum.

You can mount a vacuum tank under the fender directly under the pan where the vapor canister currently resides. In fact, that's what the factory did. Take a look, you very well may already have one there.

 

Where in Nebraska? (I happen to be in Lincoln as I type this.)

 

I'm in Seward, that's crazy. I'll be working on my little project all day tomorrow. Let me know if you get bored

Eric

ps: Thanks for the info, I'll see if I already have a factory vacuum canister present. I plan on doing everything I can to keep the charcoal canister.

 

Here for my brother's birthday, then on a 3 p.m. flight Sunday. Bored or not, probably can't make it.

 

No, I was just joking anyways. You picked the coldest weekend we've had all winter to come back home!

 

It was 1.9 degrees F in Littleton when I got up Saturday morning, 6 degrees when I hit the road.

Felt colder in Lincoln, though.