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73 S - fuel evaporator hoses in engine bay - routing question please
I would appreciate confirmation that the routing of the two large fuel evaporator hoses is correct per the attached photo. I am ready to install the firewall sound insulation pad, and before cutting a notch in it to accommodate these hoses and allow the pad to seat properly in the channel where the hoses come through, just want to be sure. They seem to be in the only logical location to enter the engine bay and align where they will be connected to. Thank you.
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Fuel vapor lines - still struggling....
I have taken several additional photographs after talking with Ed Mayo this afternoon and he is also going to post photos of what he seeing on a 72 that he is currently working on. The opening channel between the two shock mounts is right about 17mm wide - just enough for the two fuel vapor lines to pass through as I showed in my earlier photo, but apparently not the correct/original location. Other photos show the apparent correct location where the hoses are to run - just left of the left rear shock mount - but that tapered opening is small, and only 12 mm wide at its largest point requiring the fuel vapor hoses (and the second hose in particular) to compress rather significantly. I've also attached a photo of the original fuel vapor hoses and one can see rather significant abrasion in exactly where they would have been pushed/squeezed through originally. I am anxious to see Ed's photos, as he describes significantly wider channels...enough for a 2X4 - both the one that runs between the shocks and the ones between the shock mounts and the inner fender. What I have seems so far to be very, very, different. We also discussed the possibility of my openings being restricted by some residual hardened foam that was apparently placed in these two outer openings...no such luck...everything I am dealing with is sheetmetal as confirmed by previous media blasting and a thorough inspection just now with a small pick-up magnet.