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cajunfirehawk · 11-04-2022, 08:56 PM

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

scicala · 11-04-2022, 09:04 PM

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

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Originally Posted by scicala

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

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

Not from factory.

ford38v8 · 11-04-2022, 11:36 PM

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

40 Deluxe · 11-05-2022, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ford38v8

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

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

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Originally Posted by cajunfirehawk

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

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Originally Posted by cajunfirehawk

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.

rotorwrench · 11-05-2022, 09:50 PM

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

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.

11-04-2022, 09:04 PM	#2
scicala Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Detroit suburb, MI Posts: 3,706	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

11-04-2022, 09:48 PM	#4
koates Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Melbourne Australia. Posts: 2,079	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.

11-04-2022, 09:49 PM	#5
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup? Not from factory.

11-04-2022, 11:36 PM	#6
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 6,646	Re: is this an OE early fomoco part/setup? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) There's a valid safety reason for PCV valves, absent from this engine. __________________ Alan

11-05-2022, 08:35 AM	#8
A bones Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: CLAYTON DE Posts: 1,283	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. __________________ Enjoy yer day. Tom Hate can't fix what it started.

11-05-2022, 09:50 PM	#11
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,440	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.

11-07-2022, 08:32 AM	#12
slowforty Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,062	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.