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Old 04-01-2003, 08:58 AM   #3
mrein3
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I have two tanks. The one behind the seat and an add-on saddle tank. When I fill them both in the summer I'm usually heading out on a road trip. I like to drain the saddle tank first. What I do is run the seat tank for 20 miles - that is two gallons for me. Then I switch over to the saddle tank and run it until it is empty.

I have a brand new cap on my seat tank. It always leaks out the cap if I park it full of gas in the summer. Without a charcoal canister/recovery system the expanding gas has to go somewhere.

I already bought a 1972 Blazer tank. When I install the Blazer tank under the bed I'm going to fab a recovery system out of a charcoal canister I have out of a Monte Carlo. The '72 tank has the right amount of fuel line connections to make the recovery system work. Everybody poo poos the emission control systems on these rigs but it sure beats smelly gas all over my paint.
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