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[CityEPete]

Hi folks I've pulled out my grubby old canister and the associated hoses, my dizzy vacuum pipe has long since been rerouted but what should I do with the other three?

I've got the one from the crank case breather to the carb which just leaves the metal pipe running back to the fuel tank breather spare.

Any ideas folks? Ta

[timmy850]

The earlier cars had the breather from the top of the tank straight out through the boot floor onto the road. 

[cal844]

I simply left the fuel breather open to atmosphere

[CityEPete]

Just into the engine bay? And the other pipes right as I've done, breather into carb.

[cal844]

Just into the engine bay? And the other pipes right as I've done, breather into carb.

I disconnected the rubber hose at the engine bay end of the breather return, there is also the Y piece that needs blocked

[CityEPete]

Does the y not need connecting to the carb?

[cal844]

Does the y not need connecting to the carb?

You need the one with both engine oil breather cans connected to the carb. The two for the charcoal canister can be closed( I slid a bolt into the ends of the hoses and clamped closed with a jubilee style clip)

Edited by cal844, 25 March 2018 - 09:18 PM.

[CityEPete]

I've pulled the canister and hoses out totally.