Can anyone identify this part

[Attac]

I got this out of the box of parts I picked up today. The owner told me it mounted behind the driver seat and was for the window washer fluid????

 

[AZ73]

It goes behind the driver's seat, in front of the wheel cover, and under the lip of the side. It's a fuel vapor separator tank with the protective cover. Part of the emissions system and keeps the smell of gas out of your garage. Nice color!

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fbr/full.aspx?Page=34

 

[BronCowie]

...The owner told me it mounted behind the driver seat and was for the window washer fluid????

Funny, I wonder if the PO knew to "pull for heat"?

 

[Timmy390]

The owner told me it mounted behind the driver seat and was for the window washer fluid????

That's funny right there.....

Tim

 

[Attac]

It goes behind the driver's seat, in front of the wheel cover, and under the lip of the side. It's a fuel vapor separator tank with the protective cover. Part of the emissions system and keeps the smell of gas out of your garage. Nice color!

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fbr/full.aspx?Page=34

What year/s did they have these on
And thank you

 

[bronconut73]

Until '76 or so.
The evaporative canister went from the passenger side frame rail to under the hood and that bottle went away at about the same time.

 

[broncotime]

What year/s did they have these on
And thank you

I think they went on the trucks from 71 thru 77. The 70 and earlier had vented gas caps. The 71 and later didn't have vented caps.

 

[Attac]

Thanks all and if anyone is doing a resto and needs this let me know. Will only cost shipping

 

[AZ73]

Until '76 or so.
The evaporative canister went from the passenger side frame rail to under the hood and that bottle went away at about the same time.

My 73 had both canister and bottle

 

[bronconut73]

My 73 had both canister and bottle

Yes.
The evaporative canister on the frame rail goes with the bottle.
When the evaporative canister was moved under the hood that bottle went away.

 

[thegreatjustino]

All you need to know and more here:

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86497

 

[AZ73]

All you need to know and more here:

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86497

Very informative. Thanks!

 

[Brent13]

I have had my 74 Bronco for 3 days now, and my garage smells strong of gas fumes. I do have this mentioned canister installed, wonder if I need to see what is up with mine?

 

[AZ73]

That only separates the liquid from the fumes. It then has a line that runs to the passenger side frame just under the front seat floorboard to a charcoal canister. From that a line to your carb. If that's missing, you get smell. Also could come from an open element air cleaner. On mine, I traced it to a cracked aux fuel tank.

 

[bronconut73]

I do not have that emission stuff hooked up on mine and I have no gas smell in my garage.
Well......there is a little bit of gas smell...but there is a boat full of gas, three gas cans and the Bronco, so there is a little bit of a gas smell but not bad like you described.

 

[Attac]

I do not have that emission stuff hooked up on mine and I have no gas smell in my garage.
Well......there is a little bit of gas smell...but there is a boat full of gas, three gas cans and the Bronco, so there is a little bit of a gas smell but not bad like you described.

I don't have any smell either. I took vent lines from tank and routed them to a replaceable element fuel filter and loaded it with charcoal from a fish tank filter. It works great to vent the tank. Got the plan from a thread on here when I used to lurk around as a guest.

 

[DirtDonk]

I have had my 74 Bronco for 3 days now, and my garage smells strong of gas fumes. I do have this mentioned canister installed, wonder if I need to see what is up with mine?

Hey Brent, welcome aboard! And an all too common problem unfortunately.
You definitely need to see what's up before you either spend so much time driving it that something gives up the ghost while you're at your farthest from home, or someone else at home as had enough!

Sounds like you'll be doing some crawling around and under the rig at first. Something everyone should do with a 40+ year old utility vehicle anyway.

Things that commonly leak on Broncos:

1. Aux gas tank like was mentioned. They're plastic and if abused or spent too much of it's time in cold weather, can crack.
2. Dual-tank selector valve by the driver's right heel. Good for many years, but an o-ring can finally leak. Starts with just fumes, but will eventually graduate into liquid.
3. Carburetor and air cleaner of course.
4. That tank behind the driver's seat can meet the same fate as the plastic aux tank. Split a seam. Usually about 10 years old, they start to vent. Sometimes they live forever, but not often. Happened to mine finally after about 18 years. Gooped it up good with slicone on top and been good since. Upgrading to the later non-tank version when it goes back together.
5. The plastic fuel lines from the main tank to the valve, then from the valve to the frame by the fuel pump. Some of them last forever, some get brittle with age.
6. Like any other vehicle, the hoses, plastic lines, sending units, breather hoses and vents, can all wear out with age. Along with changing the fluids then, checking for fuel leaks is a first deal priority.

Things to always do with a new-to-you Bronco then:

1. Change ALL fluids. Even if the PO said they did it, you can't believe how few actually change the gear oil in manual transmissions and differentials and transfer cases. Engine takes 6 quarts by the way, unless it's been changed out.
2. Check the steering linkage and front suspension components with "the test" that is written about here on the forums about a million times.
3. Check the brakes.
4. On that same note, check the rear wheel bearings.

This last bit about the bearings is because these are not a typical service item that people worry about. And they should.
They're a "lubed-for-life" product but nobody knows when to change them until after they fail. Which in most of our experiences here is roughly between 90 and 130 thousand miles, or 40 years.
So if the PO doesn't know, or knows for a fact that yours have never been changed, or you have more than 100k on them for sure, or you're just not sure, then I say change them.
When you look up the definition of "cheap insurance" a Bronco's rear wheel bearings are right at the top of the list. It's $100 or so well spent.

Sorry for the slight segué there Attac. Well, ok it was a full hijack. But fun stuff nevertheless.

Good luck and have fun!

Paul

 

[WichitaBronco]

Well done

All-star post right there DD!! Excellent insight for future new members.

 

[admin]

Sorry for the slight segué there Attac. Well, ok it was a full hijack. But fun stuff nevertheless.

No need to apologize Paul. Excellent info as usual.

 

[Attac]

Dirt Donk
The whole reason I became a contributor here is because of all of the insight and knowledge that I lurked around and found while I was trying to restore mine. I can put anything back together if I take it apart but as most on here know I started with a bunch of loose parts. I would be working at midnight and would run inside( Internet doesn't work in shop) and the wife would ask "done early tonight". I would say no I am trying to figure out where this goes or where do I route that. 90% of the time I would find my answer here somewhere.
My question was answered in second post and because someone else new was looking for an answer to a related question, they ended up getting a wealth of knowledge from you here. Feel free to jump in any of my posts and spew knowledge. Like my dad told me, you never quit learning. All of that info was good to hear and funny enough I just left auto parts store buying all kinds of fluids to change everything in my bronco as I finally put 500 miles on it. My15 yo son, whos' bronco we are about to start restoring asked "why are you changing all of the fluids, you just built it." I had to have the conversation about rebuilt parts and how the fluid can tell you everything has seated in correctly or it can tell you that you are grinding something. He gets it now. We drain and change tomorrow.
Chuck