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Re: Carbon Cannisters

To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Carbon Cannisters
From: Craig Wiper <craigw@sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 13:52:31 -0700
At 09:01 AM 5/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Any one on the list ever open up their carbon cannisters and replace the
>charcoal? I have a '78 B and the cannisters are hermetically sealed. At $50
>each it seems a waste to just throw the old ones away and buy new. I have
>thought of drilling a hole in the side large enough to thread for a 1/2' pipe
>plug. I read somewhere that someone had sawn one in half and then glued it
>back together, but I am kind of leery of this as they look like they might be
>made out of something that would not easily glue back together. Thanks - Rick
>
>

I took mine apart. Bought a quart carton of charcoal at the local tropical
fish suppy house and refilled the canister with it. Put it back together
and it seems to work just fine.


Craig Wiper     
craigw@sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/~craigw

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