Re: [T3] breather

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 20 Dec 2000, at 0:25, Barry Viss wrote:

> I have a question,  I cannot figure my crankcase breather out.  It is
> mildly rusty so I wnted to look inside just to check things out, but
> it is a mystery.  Jim has said "you should find, from top down, the
> following: plastic cap, spring, steel washer, steel cup, large hollow
> threaded steel retaining bolt" 

This is what came in 70-73 type 3s.

> when I take off the cap I find: plastic cap, oily plastic stringy
> mesh thing.  That's it.  I cannot move the mesh out of the way or
> take it out. No spring, no washer... Is this just a different kind
> of breather or what? 

> Barry Viss
> '68 Square

You've got exactly the right stuff for a 68-9. I haven't seen one of 
those plastic mesh things for 30 years. Around here the dealers 
took them all out and threw them away because they filled up with 
frost in the winter and clogged. I was pretty PO'd when mine 
disappeared! (Want to sell yours?  ;-) OTOH, they WERE a 
problem in cold climates.

That mesh thing WILL come out, you just need to slip something 
down the side and pull it up gentley. OTOH, there is probably no 
reason to do this. It's just an oil mist collector.

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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