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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 02:31 AM
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Ok bare with me, since I don't know how to post pics on the web. I'm just curious as to what this thing is:

It is located directly below the upper radiator hose, right next to the air cleaner assembly, aft of the the left electric fan. It has a little steel platform that it sits on, and has a large hose connected to it, that turns into tubing going towards the firewall.

It also has what appears to be an upside down black plastic cone with a little filter inside. Any ideas?
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 02:48 AM
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Pictures...would be SOO HELPFUL!!
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by wjcollier07
Pictures...would be SOO HELPFUL!!
Sigh. . .I know. . . I'm working on it. :(
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Breather of some sort?
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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MAC, it sounds like you're describing the A/C Receiver/Dryer, but that is on the right side of the engine compartment adjacent to the Underhood Fuse Block. The unit on the left side located on a bracket under the radiator hose is the Electronic Brake Control Module/Brake Pressure Modulator Valve (EBCM/BPMV)
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MACDRIVE
Ok bare with me, since I don't know how to post pics on the web. I'm just curious as to what this thing is:

It is located directly below the upper radiator hose, right next to the air cleaner assembly, aft of the the left electric fan. It has a little steel platform that it sits on, and has a large hose connected to it, that turns into tubing going towards the firewall.

It also has what appears to be an upside down black plastic cone with a little filter inside. Any ideas?
This thing?
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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That looks like the evap canister. There'* charcoal inside that thing.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 02:14 AM
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markwb: HOLY SMOKES You are probably right. Of course if I had bought the Helm Inc service manual for $130, I could just go there and find out.

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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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I didn't move it, but it'* not a Bonneville. If it'* not a Bonneville, but has similar stuff, like enigne and tranny, it goes in "Other".
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