It took quite a while to find a road draft tube for my '64 1500 -
previously it had nothing blocking the hole in the side of the block -
blew oil all over the place!
Leigh Brooks
NWDE
Seattle
On Mar 25, 2004, at 2:06 PM, Jerry Krakauer wrote:
> Eric,
> Your temp fix is the way all cars were done prior to the 1968 PCV
> requirement. It was usually a steel tube from the tappet area on
> pushrod
> engines, or higher up on OHC engines. It was generally called a road
> tube.
> To keep oil from exiting, the tube would go up and then make a 180
> turn to
> go down, like an upside down sink trap. You always knew when you were
> following a worn engine, from the oil smoke exiting under the front of
> the
> car. BTW, the hose into the air filter on the 67.5s was not required,
> Datsun
> was just a bit ahead, like the locking steering wheel, headrests, and
> shoulder harness.
>
> Jerry Krakauer
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