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1942deluxe · 05-23-2024, 11:27 AM

We brought the 1955 Ford Fairlane home a year ago today. Had become a little discouraged with it this spring as it was leaking oil very heavily. This week I took it to Chris's (Sugarmaker) to put it up on the hoist. I could see it was leaking in the area of the road draft tube. previously I had changed the breather/oil fill cap out and the filter(screen) on the road draft tube thinking the problem was it couldn't ventilate. I was anticipating main seals leaking and the like. The previous owner had cardboard under it and it was saturated with oil. Same for me. What we found was oil was leaking from the canister above the road draft tube. The top of it was distorted where the bolt goes thru not allowing it to pull down enough to seal and it was pouring thru there. Chris was able to straighten it for me enough it would seal. I have a NOS one coming (B4A-6869-A) I found on Ebay. No other excessive leaks found and the way the engine is detailed and runs I suspect it has been rebuilt. Very possibly the transmission too. The car has had the front crossmember replaced at some point and I think that's a plus. Floors looked very good. The radio works well.My confidence in the car is very much restored.

05-23-2024, 11:27 AM	#33
1942deluxe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Albion, PA Posts: 1,101	Re: 1955 Ford Fairlane We brought the 1955 Ford Fairlane home a year ago today. Had become a little discouraged with it this spring as it was leaking oil very heavily. This week I took it to Chris's (Sugarmaker) to put it up on the hoist. I could see it was leaking in the area of the road draft tube. previously I had changed the breather/oil fill cap out and the filter(screen) on the road draft tube thinking the problem was it couldn't ventilate. I was anticipating main seals leaking and the like. The previous owner had cardboard under it and it was saturated with oil. Same for me. What we found was oil was leaking from the canister above the road draft tube. The top of it was distorted where the bolt goes thru not allowing it to pull down enough to seal and it was pouring thru there. Chris was able to straighten it for me enough it would seal. I have a NOS one coming (B4A-6869-A) I found on Ebay. No other excessive leaks found and the way the engine is detailed and runs I suspect it has been rebuilt. Very possibly the transmission too. The car has had the front crossmember replaced at some point and I think that's a plus. Floors looked very good. The radio works well.My confidence in the car is very much restored.