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On 10 Oct 2004 at 20:43, Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-10 at 20:34, Jim Adney wrote: > > On 10 Oct 2004 at 9:48, Jason Weigel wrote: > > > > > http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/2789089/1096582706430_Motor_tear_down_007.jpg > > > Now I've looked at the photo and I'm stumped, too. This is clearly an early > > breather box, and I also thought they all had the hose... > > That crankcase breather has a road draft tube. open to atmosphere. This > was a pre emissions thing, I think the road draft tube was used up > through 1967. Had a little rubber boot with a slit on the bottom of the > tube that closed when the engine wasn't running. Yes, but all of those cars that I've ever seen, still had a breather hose in addition to the draft tube with the rubber valve on the bottom. OTOH, you've certainly seen a lot more of those engines than I have. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~