Hi Tony @Qspecialman Thanks for your message! My car has a twin carb conversion and I did some reading on it. Seems that the system can cope with a single fuel feed pipe to the carbs but in hot countries, it's best if it still has a return line (not essential in the UK) but if you have any experience of this, I would be interested to hear your thoughts on it! Good tip regarding the ratchet / webbing strap, I'm hoping to not have to lift the tank again any time soon but it doesn't do any harm to fit one. I'll pick one up next time I see a strap at the side of the road! That's a really good point about the wiper motor, I'm going to test it because I don't want to get it all put together again only to find I have an issue with the wipers! Thanks, Phil

Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely try that next time! The small fuel bulb can be very time consuming. Luckily, I had almost zero fuel in it this time. 🙂

Hi @sunset1300 Ah, Hood River area in Oregon, had to look it up! So our cars were from the same neck of the woods! What's the status of your cars both up and running? Mine seems a long way off still but it's back in my garage now, so it's time to get to work! I haven't used 914 rubber yet but I d=signed up to their newsletter etc. I bought my steel panels from Restoration Design but there's a lot of other things I need: selas, euro spec lights etc. Thanks, Phil

Really appreciate your comment! I will leave mine alone then, I've got enough work to do without looking for more! 👍😀 Sounds like you are keeping busy too!

@@ReviveMyRide No problem. Yes, full restoration, backdate / GT replica, running gear upgrade of a '75 1.8 Californian spec import. Despite having spent all its life in California, it's in similar condition to your, rust wise.

The white plastic pipe in the tunnel is the fuel vapour like from the expansion tank on top of the fuel tank. It went to the charcoal canister in the engine compartment. The front end of it was not connected in your car unless you didn't show disconnecting it in the video (it went to the small fitting on the LH side of the expansion tank). Also, when you lifted the expansion tank off the top of the fuel tank, the overflow hose was missing - it goes to the large (18mm) hose fitting on the expansion tank. If you overfill the tank, it vents the spilled fuel to under the car, rather than in it. And it also forms a bit of a loop around the tank - the old school way of preventing fuel pouring out of the tank if the car is not the right way up (much same as in a Beetle, except the Beetle system is better in my opinion). Maybe the charcoal canister was removed along with the fuel injection system too? The charcoal canister was missing in mine too, and I was looking for pictures of it installed in a '75 when I found this video.

@@richardjones38 Thanks for the the info! Yeah, the charcoal cannister was missing on mine. Sorry, my bad, I did disconnect the overflow hoses, probably should have shown that! Did you see in the video the outlet from the fuel tank didn't have a hose clip to hold it on? It had just been pushed on and was really easy to pull off! 😱

@@ReviveMyRide Yes, there is no limit to the unbelievable bodging done by previous owners to 40+ year old cars!

Thanks for taking the time to comment! You do realise that as this project is 100% DIY, I will need to earn how to paint now! 😂 Could get interesting...

Thanks for your opinion, hopefully some others will weigh in too. In my heart I think I know that back to original is best, it will just mean a lot more extra work! But could be fun! 😀