Pinto Car Club of America
Shiny is Good! => General Pinto Talk => Topic started by: FESPERMAN on July 23, 2007, 03:18:08 PM
Looks like there is a connection for two hoses. The connector closest to the wheel well is connected. Where do the hoses run? Will it effect how it runs?
My guess is that you are speaking of the charcoal canister based on your description of round and blue. (mounted low in the engine bay, drivers side in the front) There should be about a 1 inch diameter inlet that connects to the side of the breather through a ribbed aluminum pipe/hose that was originally black in color. Gasoline fumes remaining in the carb after shutdown travel through this tube and are turned back into liquid gasoline and returned to the fuel tank. It was an EPA mandated emission control back then.
Now, how much fuel do you think was ever actually returned to the tank? Probably just drops, but you know about EPA and regulations. The beginning of ozone layer depletion back in 1973. That's it, Pinto's are all to blame!
Someone correct me if you disagree with the charcoal canister, that's what I remember from the early cars I have owned.
And yes Pintony, they DID make Pinto's after 1973! :)
Dave
Quote from: Original74 on July 23, 2007, 03:54:47 PM
...And yes Pintony, they DID make Pinto's after 1973! :)
Dave
Ouch.
Bill
WOW! Thanks, I will endeavor to connect it up to do my part in the energy crisis.
I changed my plug wire and it already runs better. Will change the plugs in the morning to see if that helps some more. This car only has about a hundred miles on it in the last few years. Driving it is making all the difference in the world the last few days as I blow the carbon out.
U can't prove that!!! Standing in my garage doorway. DAVE!!!!
OK, you win Tony. Maybe Ford never shipped any to Illinois after 1973! I will agree with you, what I consider the 'classic' Pinto design and look IS the pre-1974 models. Something about them is just so clean and classic looking.
Dave
PS. Now, go lay a bunch of flooring and save your dollars so you can make all the meets next year!
Quote from: Original74 on July 24, 2007, 07:26:48 AM
OK, you win Tony. Maybe Ford never shipped any to Illinois after 1973! I will agree with you, what I consider the 'classic' Pinto design and look IS the pre-1974 models. Something about them is just so clean and classic looking.
Dave
PS. Now, go lay a bunch of flooring and save your dollars so you can make all the meets next year!
Heck!
I was planning on you paying for my trips next year after I put NEW floors in your house...
From Pintony