bullet turn signals & gas tank connection

[JillEBean]

Ok, I have a 68 which had been in an accident at some point in it's life on the passenger side front fender/headlight section. It looks like the headlight and bullet signal were replace along with some very questionable body work on the fender. I'm not sure if this section of fender was replaced or simply pulled out and puttied.

Now for my question, the right turn signal flashes twice as fast as the left turn signal. What would cause that?

We also have a pretty serious gas leak which I believe is also from this bad repair job. I'm not quite sure I understand how the fuel vent line works, it looks like it runs from the driver's side front of the tank across to the passenger side (mine then connects via hose to a subout at the interior fender) then something happens in the wheel well that looks like it connects back into the filler area. Does anyone have any pictures of how this is supposed to work? Every left hand turn leaves the passenger gassed by toxic fumes. I'm not sure but I think we may be getting fuel in that line, does that sound right?

Please be patient with me, we've only had the car since december and have a lot to learn about her. This is our first Ghia so it is a bit of a foreign language.

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drivers side tank fitting - hose goes back to the dash and up along under the lip the hood seal sits on. There are some clips there to hold it. Hose connects to the front end of the charcoal canister. Hose from the rear of the charcoal canister goes to a T fitting. Another hose from the filler neck goes to the T. The last hose from the T goes to a metal hardline in the passenger side front fender. This hardline runs to the rear of the car. Hooks into the only proper sized fitting on the charcoal canister in the engine bay. Big hose from fan comes down into the canister on the same end as the line from the gas tank. The other end of the canister hooks up to the oil bath air filter.


Signals flash slower per side if a bulb is out on that side. Or there is a voltage drop. Check the bulbs and take a multimeter to each socket with the signal flashing and take a reading. If the bulbs are fine I would guess a bad ground or bad wire.