Re: [BaadAssGremlins] RETURN TO - 76 Hornet sportabout emissions cannist

I think most of the AMC's had those double ended fuel filters and they are not hard to find. You know inside the double size hose it had a plastic piece. I took my hose off because it had became so brittle. While I was looking at this plastic piece I dropped it and couldn't find it again. Does anyone know what it was for. I was thinking a little check valve of some kind.

Terry

From: Luke Wardwell <horneteer2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, April 27, 2010 5:56:12 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] RETURN TO - 76 Hornet sportabout emissions cannister hose hookup - FIGUURED OUT

I'm sorry I didnt respond sooner. I have a '76 Sportabout with the 258. I can take a look at it when I get a chance and describe the routing to you. As far as the fuel filter goes my Hornet also has a double ended filter. They should be able to find you one at any parts store. Thats where I got mine. The steel line from the intake manifold to carburetor rusted off, so I put a block off cap on my carb. I'll have to find a way to plug manifold though.

--- On Sun, 4/25/10, Jerry Casper <gremlingts@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Jerry Casper <gremlingts@yahoo. com>
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] RETURN TO - 76 Hornet sportabout emissions cannister hose hookup - FIGUURED OUT
To: amc-list@amc- list.com, "BadAssGremlins" <baadassgremlins@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010, 4:28 PM

Well, I decided that the GT should be close enough to trace out the hose routing, so I raised the hood on my '78 Gremlin GT, and looked at the cannister - 4-hose setup, Hmm. It had a little round valve off to one side, which went to a hose cluster near the valve cover, but otherwise looked the same, so I checked out the hose routing.

- Carb bowl evap hose - check!

- Purge to PCV valve cover T connection - check!

- Tank connection goes to the small steel line ( using proprietary rubber hose with DIFFERENT SIZED ends! ) - SO a B !

So, I got the Tank connection right using a large-to-small plastic vacuum hose reducer. It was the only logical place to hook it to. The large steel line (on the GT) has a going-nowhere hose at the moment, as I had also never gotten around to finding the special correct dual-outlet fuel filter for the GT, so I'd just replaced it with a rubber hose to the carb with no filter. I'll have to try to locate one of those special fuel filters for the GT.

So, AMC used a special rubber hose with a big molded end to fit the larger evap cannister nipple, and a regular hose end on the other for the 1/8 inch steel return vapor line to the tank. WHY do car manufacturers DO that? You can never buy those anywhere except a dealer usually, when new(er). Oh well, I'll just have a big white reducer piece inline to make the correct connection. And the hose on the GT is rotted as well, so I will have to get another to fix that as well.

Just thought I'd update my findings on this hose routing on the Hornet wagon. Glad I guessed correctly, but it's a B to rout that hard straight plastic piece in a tight space to the connection. Now to get on that GT this summer, too...

Jerry Casper