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Mail From: David Cooperstein (email redacted)

Just got a repro. Air cleaner assembly, for my 66 coupe 289 4v. It's the
one in all the catalogs, with the blue base, chrome lid & proper screened
element.

Anyway it has a nipple on the bottom of it, like for a hose to run to the
breather or something. What is this for? My current air cleaner assembly,
looks identical, just without this nipple. And I don't have an oil cap with
a place for a hose on it.

Can I just cap off this nipple with some type of cover or crimped hose? Is
this needed? Should I get a new Oil breather and connect a hose between the
two?

Help

TIA
DAVE
66 Coupe
MCA# 48565

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Mail From: Rick Larson (email redacted)

Dave,

> Anyway it has a nipple on the bottom of it, like for a hose to run to the
> breather or something. What is this for? My current air cleaner assembly,
> looks identical, just without this nipple. And I don't have an oil cap with
> a place for a hose on it.

The stock air cleaner on my 66 has a nipple for a hose to run to the oil
cap in the driver's side valve cover. This is a CA car so it might be
part of the smog equipment.

> Can I just cap off this nipple with some type of cover or crimped hose? Is
> this needed? Should I get a new Oil breather and connect a hose between the
> two?

You can do either.

rick

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Mail From: Dr. Paul R. Sawyer (email redacted)

On 4/23/01 10:37 AM, "Rick Larson" <(email redacted)> wrote:

> Dave,
>
>> Anyway it has a nipple on the bottom of it, like for a hose to run to the
>> breather or something. What is this for? My current air cleaner assembly,
>> looks identical, just without this nipple. And I don't have an oil cap with
>> a place for a hose on it.
>
> The stock air cleaner on my 66 has a nipple for a hose to run to the oil
> cap in the driver's side valve cover. This is a CA car so it might be
> part of the smog equipment.
>
>> Can I just cap off this nipple with some type of cover or crimped hose? Is
>> this needed? Should I get a new Oil breather and connect a hose between the
>> two?
>
> You can do either.
>
> rick
>
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Rick--
My 66 has one too, and it was a NC car initially.

--Paul

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Mail From: Eric E. Neumeister (email redacted)

Well it just so happens that this weekend I was speaking
with one of my Mech friends to sort out where my vacuum
hoses should go and here is how it is designed to work:

The PCV Valve on the passenger side gets a vacuum line to
the manifold vacuum (port at the back base of the carb if so
equipped), to let pressure out of the motor, the Cap on the
Driver's side should have a hose going from it to the air
cleaner, this allows filtered air INTO the motor. Most
people I have run across usually use a filtered breather oil
cap and block off the port in the air cleaner, which in this
design would work fine, the big thing is to make sure the
PCV Valve goes to the intake vacuum port.

Eric
'66 Coupe restomod
Next up:
Body alignment and paint


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Paul R. Sawyer" <(email redacted)>
To: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CM] Air Cleaner?


> On 4/23/01 10:37 AM, "Rick Larson" <(email redacted)> wrote:
>
> > Dave,
> >
> >> Anyway it has a nipple on the bottom of it, like for a
hose to run to the
> >> breather or something. What is this for? My current
air cleaner assembly,
> >> looks identical, just without this nipple. And I don't
have an oil cap with
> >> a place for a hose on it.
> >
> > The stock air cleaner on my 66 has a nipple for a hose
to run to the oil
> > cap in the driver's side valve cover. This is a CA car
so it might be
> > part of the smog equipment.
> >
> >> Can I just cap off this nipple with some type of cover
or crimped hose? Is
> >> this needed? Should I get a new Oil breather and
connect a hose between the
> >> two?
> >
> > You can do either.
> >
> > rick
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Classic-mustangs mailing list
> > (email redacted)
> >
mix.twistedpair.ca/mailman/listinfo/classic-mustangs
> >
> Rick--
> My 66 has one too, and it was a NC car initially.
>
> --Paul
>
>
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>
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>

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Mail From: David Cooperstein (email redacted)

So what should I use to block off the nipple on the bottom of the air
cleaner?

Dave

>Most
>people I have run across usually use a filtered breather oil
>cap and block off the port in the air cleaner,

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Mail From: Eric E. Neumeister (email redacted)

A piece of vacuum hose with a screw in it or a rubber plug.

Eric
'66 coupe restomod showing signs of life
Next Up:
Body alignment and paint.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cooperstein" <(email redacted)>
To: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: RE: [CM] Air Cleaner?


> So what should I use to block off the nipple on the bottom
of the air
> cleaner?
>
> Dave
>
> >Most
> >people I have run across usually use a filtered breather
oil
> >cap and block off the port in the air cleaner,
>
>
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>
mix.twistedpair.ca/mailman/listinfo/classic-mustangs
>