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Both systems were used on the 67, crankcase breather has a hose that connects to the air cleaner and also has the road draft tube boot as Russ stated. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org> To: "Type3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Fw: [T34] Breather-Cleaner question? > 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 > > > > > > > > > I suspect that a lot of people get mixed up by this when they use a > > '72-3 > > engine and convert it to something different, like carbs. They no longer > > have a > > proper place to connect that hose so they leave it off. Unless it is > > connected > > to a vacuum source the crankcase will get somewhat pressurized and > > blowby out > > the rear crank, in front of the fan, is the result. > > > > 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. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 FB AT > '66 FB MT > '64 T34 (not running) > '65 T1 (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >