what the heck does this clip hold and for what model years?

Thanks Karim,

I always wondered where the tube should end. It's also defenitely for the brake fluid overflow.

Regards,

Jan

I need one for my 73S. Anyone know where to find one. Thx. SS

Im no technical specialist BUT I checked on my car.
The tube comes from the gas tank, as members gled49&Richy stated.
It has no relation to brake fluid and does not serve as brake fluid overflow.

First its a larger size clear tube connected to the tank, then it goes up to the driver side into a boxed system, mounted behind dash.
A then now medium size clear tube exits its and goes down as described -holded by a clip mounted to the silver cardboard- and exists the car on driver side front area. Its not connected with any brake fluid system at all.(see my next post No.15).

Here is the whole fuel vapor vent system as on my RoW/Swiss delivery car.
Larger size clear tube exit gas tank.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psadxbzqgp.jpg

Going up to boxed system, driver side, behind dash/under windscreen.
Large size tube enters on left side verticically the boxed system, a medium size clear tube exists to the right side the box, going down verticially.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...pshkxgdest.jpg

Medium size clear tube paralell fenders and tank/tank filler neck.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5ap2gu5m.jpg

(BTW the orange decal is the ultra rare AMAG decal for LWB cars when Swiss delivery - the car is unrestored except exterior respray in original color, at one time probably a new tank plus a few other mechanicial upgrades, mainly for safety reasons.)
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5r1kkhbh.jpg

Clip is holding it mounted at silver cardboard/fuse area
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psvjsidim7.jpg

Medium size clear tube next to driver side battery, then going straight towards and under washer liquid pump system.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psy5ge2fu4.jpg


Medium size clear tube finally exits at driver side front area, below wiper liquid storage/pump unit.
You can pull it out as its only about 1 inch/2.5cm longer and then simply cut.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psxdbp2pkf.jpg




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And here is the brake fluid reservoir and its overflow system.
The brake overflow tube is going into the wiper liquid wash pump..see below.

Overflow tube: a small size clear tube on top of the reservoir, plus two medium size clear tubes exit downside to brakes.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...ps78llggip.jpg
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7mxm8qcu.jpg
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psnq36absb.jpg


The two medium size clear tubes exit and "disappear" verticially, going to the brakes.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psyufekvxo.jpg
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psanvvgz5p.jpg

EDITED: wrong assumptiom, see later post!
And finally going into…..into the wiper liquid wash pump:
T system: Coming from above is the small clear tube (brake overflow) and coming from right is another small clear tube coming from wiper liquid wash storage unit. Both tubes have the same diameter.
I guess the then much diluted brake overflow is simply sprayed on the windscreen, together with wiper liquid wash.
I dont know if original but I never touched it.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...psvthblq6r.jpg

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I guess the then much diluted brake overflow is simply sprayed on the windscreen, together with wiper liquid wash.
I dont know if original but I never touched it.

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In the US we had a sealed gas tank system. Europe still had a vented system, thus the discrepancies.

As Ed mentioned previously the US brake vent tube was tye wrapped to the hood release tube and went out the plug behind the windshield washer tank.

Guys,

The routing of the fuel tank vent line, the inclusion of the brake line into the overboard behind the windshield washer pump/into the charcoal canister via a "Y" black plastic connector, etc, varied from year to year.

There are numerous threads on this, so unfortunately or fortunately, everyone that posts their year's car info is probably right for that year/market.

Karim

thank you for that excellent explanation of how the Swiss one was set up

i am guessing that might be the ROW setup, at least for that year. I have difficulty understanding why such a corrosive material would be recycled into the washer system but can see how this is done. It is not done that way on my car , simply drained outside, but i can see the logic of it and will check what fittings i have. Mine is far from original in that area having been messed around with well before i got it

Ok thanks. Im by no means a technicial expert so trying to understand what they did.
I agree that each year/market had its own system.

Agree, brake fluid is corrosive but its imaginable that it was by law forbidden to just dump the overflow on the street via a tube.
Possible the only alternative is to dilute it and keeping it within the system.

Interesting to know while the tube size for fuel vapor vent system fits perfectly the aforementioned clip, the smaller size brake fluid overflow tube does not and does not use it.
At least on my car, rarely touched and history known since day one.

Thx again