what fuel cap did you use?

[Joel Oswald]

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[hammers_spanners]

What cap to use? If you have a charcoal canister then you need a non vented cap as the venting is done thru the canister. No canister fitted then you need a vented cap.

From memory canisters were fitted from around 76-77 in Aus.

[able]

charcoal canister? that would be a small round drum looking thing with four leads going into it that is positioned below the brake booster and water overflow from the radiator?

if so i have one..... my beddy is reportedly a '78. (anything wrong with the 78? )

at the moment it has some sort of custom tank that at a rough guess fits 80 L's... hangs down real low and has a v shaped bottom.

when i put petrol in it (it ran out just as i was about to put it up the drive) it leaked petrol all around my feet in a steady stream.. on the inside i have a pipe that is just pushed into the floor and then bolted into position and it also has a rubber hose (ordinary house hose) coming out of the floor with it that has a stick jammed in it....

anyway so i need a none vented cap? how do these type breath?

[hammers_spanners]

Able

Yes that's the canister, it's there to "soak" up the fuel vapor from the fuel tank as the fuel evaporates. One of the hose goes from the canister to the carby to draw in the "soaked up" vapor. It's all part of the emission control system.

I'd have the tank checked out. Hoses with sticks jammed in isn't right!