losh1971
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Bit of an update. For some time, like two years I have had a fume smell in the cab. Worked on it today but found out that I needed three different size hoses that wasn't mentioned in any thread I could find. Unfortunately I only bought 13mm and 5mm but I also needed a metre of 8mm. I mentioned in another thread that it turns out that the charcoal canister breather has two different size outlets, meaning you can not use the recommended 5mm as the line under the floor is actually 8mm. I now have to figure out how to adapt the 8mm to reduce down to 5mm to fit on the filler neck.
Why Holden would use two different size outlets is beyond me, just doesn't make sense. The other issue is the 5mm pipe on the filler neck sticks straight out which causes the hose to kink, so I found today when I tore everything down, Which I suspect may have been the cause of the fumes. Not only was it not sealing on the neck because it was too big, it was also kinked.
I had to leave the job with the tank tipped up on an angle and not bolted in. I drove it with the tonneau cover thrown over the illegally thrown in tank to see if the hardware store had anything I could use as an reducing elbow, but they had nothing.
Thinking now since the only way to find a reducing elbow is going to be to have one made. So I am thinking and hoping to find some 5mm clear hose that will slip over the tube on the filler neck and also be a neat fit or close to neat inside the 8mm. I just need to make the hose 1100mm instead of 900mm. That way I can place a big curve in the pipe so it doesn't kink again. I was hoping that the job would have been all sorted this arvo but I need to make another trip to Total Rubber, which is on the other side of the city. I will have to catch two buses each way tomorrow after work as I can not risk the tank just flopping around in the cavity. 1, I could get pulled over & defected and 2 the ute could run out of fuel since the tank is sitting all cocked up in the cavity. Also could be dangerous if I was "T Boned" fuel could leak everywhere, causing a fire.
Plan is to get the tank all working properly tomorrow arvo. I have decided that I will leave the tub liner out for a while as I want to respray the tub rails as the paint is cracked up.
Why Holden would use two different size outlets is beyond me, just doesn't make sense. The other issue is the 5mm pipe on the filler neck sticks straight out which causes the hose to kink, so I found today when I tore everything down, Which I suspect may have been the cause of the fumes. Not only was it not sealing on the neck because it was too big, it was also kinked.
I had to leave the job with the tank tipped up on an angle and not bolted in. I drove it with the tonneau cover thrown over the illegally thrown in tank to see if the hardware store had anything I could use as an reducing elbow, but they had nothing.
Thinking now since the only way to find a reducing elbow is going to be to have one made. So I am thinking and hoping to find some 5mm clear hose that will slip over the tube on the filler neck and also be a neat fit or close to neat inside the 8mm. I just need to make the hose 1100mm instead of 900mm. That way I can place a big curve in the pipe so it doesn't kink again. I was hoping that the job would have been all sorted this arvo but I need to make another trip to Total Rubber, which is on the other side of the city. I will have to catch two buses each way tomorrow after work as I can not risk the tank just flopping around in the cavity. 1, I could get pulled over & defected and 2 the ute could run out of fuel since the tank is sitting all cocked up in the cavity. Also could be dangerous if I was "T Boned" fuel could leak everywhere, causing a fire.
Plan is to get the tank all working properly tomorrow arvo. I have decided that I will leave the tub liner out for a while as I want to respray the tub rails as the paint is cracked up.