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cajunfirehawk

11-04-2022 08:56 PM

is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

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Saw this on a flathead for sale, caught my attention, is this a real early ford setup?

scicala

11-04-2022 09:04 PM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

I don't know if that was available, or a one off home made deal.
Looks like an attempt at crankcse ventilation without a PCV valve.

Sal

cajunfirehawk

11-04-2022 09:06 PM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

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Originally Posted by scicala (Post 2178973)

I don't know if that was available, or a one off home made deal.
Looks like an attempt at crankcase ventilation without a PCV valve.

Sal

My thoughts exactly, in my case I get a good bit of oil smoke and that would be ideal...

koates

11-04-2022 09:48 PM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

Period aftermarket accessory breather sometimes just routed down under the engine and not into the air cleaner. Regards, Kevin.

deuce_roadster

11-04-2022 09:49 PM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

Not from factory.

ford38v8

11-04-2022 11:36 PM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

There's a valid safety reason for PCV valves, absent from this engine.

40 Deluxe

11-05-2022 01:25 AM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

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Originally Posted by ford38v8 (Post 2178993)

There's a valid safety reason for PCV valves, absent from this engine.

Do you mean as in a backfire causing an increase in oil pan capacity?

A bones

11-05-2022 08:35 AM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

I was lucky as a kid to witness a crankcase explosion. A car was climbing the hill in front of my Uncle's Gulf station.
There was a loud BOOOM and the car had a rainstorm of oil and smoke beneath it. Naturally it was towed away.

Kube	11-05-2022 08:55 AM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

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Originally Posted by cajunfirehawk (Post 2178970)

Saw this on a flathead for sale, caught my attention, is this a real early ford setup?

No, it is not Ford OEM.

51 MERC-CT

11-05-2022 10:06 AM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

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Originally Posted by cajunfirehawk (Post 2178970)

Saw this on a flathead for sale, caught my attention, is this a real early ford setup?

Perhaps a later version of the one that just hung down in the rear of the engine.
Really had nothing to do with 'emissions control' but had to do with the blow-by stink.
Could be purchased at stores like J C Whitney etc.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...4&d=1667660714

rotorwrench

11-05-2022 09:50 PM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

Those breather tube filler caps were used on a lot of model As and may still be available. It was always an aftermarket item but I've never seen it used that way.

slowforty

11-07-2022 08:32 AM

Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup?

They Old Man had a 62 Falcon with blow by so bad that he put a piece of heater hose from the breather pipe to the air cleaner intake. Worked for him.

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