Re: [T3] Distributor and breather box questions

["Brad Mularcik" <BnPWOODtype3@att.net>]

<x-flowed>It looks like with all of the help I am getting here, we are actually 
getting somewhere.  Thanks to all of you.

Here is what I know at this point.

I have an old style breather that is missing some parts.  I will do the 
following.
0.  Sand blast and paint my breather so that it looks nice.
1.  Put an scrubby pad into the breather.
2.  Install the baffle that is probably in the gasket kit that I just 
bought.
3.  Plumb the side vent to the top of 1 of my new air cleaners.
4.  Add the rubber plug that Jim mentioned in his post.  All I need to do is 
find out more about what this is and where to get one.

I will also be replacing my vacuum advance distributor with an FI 
distributor.

Thanks again to all.  Please feel free to add anything else on this subject.

Brad Mularcik


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Distributor and breather box questions


> On 26 Apr 2005 at 0:08, Brad Mularcik wrote:
>
> > This link shows the breather that I have.  Mine is identical to this one,
> > and it is as empty as this one is.
> > Brad
> > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=121341
>
> Okay, that's the early one, with the hole in the side of the down tube, 
> and no
> barbs on the side fitting.
>
> There is a rubber tip that goes on the bottom of that tube, and it locks 
> into
> the hole in the side. This will reduce some of what comes out there. The
> plastic scrubber will serve as an oil mist coalesser. The most important 
> thing
> to get right is the baffle, which you should be able to find almost 
> anywhere
> that services VWs unless you already have a gasket set. I have a number of
> these if you can't find one locally.
>
> Finding the rubber tip will be harder, but a lot of the on-line places 
> will
> have them. I know that West Coast Metric used to have them.
>
> The side port needs to be run to an air cleaner so that gasses from the 
> engine
> can be sucked in and burned rather than released.
>
> --
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

</x-flowed>