Thanks to everyone who responded. I guess it is as simple as I thought.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Hanlon, Bill wrote:
> You have the basic idea right. If your carburetor has a PCV port on it
> you should attach one end of the valve to the carb (probably via rubber
> hose). If the carb doesn't have such a port many after market air
> cleaners have one. The other end of the PCV valve hooks to a valve
> cover or in the case of my GMC (Pontiac) V8 the valley cover. Many PCV
> valves have arrows on them showing the proper direction of airflow. The
> arrow should point to the carb.
>
> Don't forget that the system needs somewhere to get fresh air into the
> crankcase. A breather on the opposite valve cover will do. In the case
> of the GMC (Pontiac) V8, there is a breather on each valve cover to
> supply fresh air.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A.B. [mailto:bigfred@unm.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 12:13 PM
> To: old truck mailing list
> Subject: [oletrucks] setting up PCV
>
>
> Hi,I'm looking for some help for setting up PCV on a V8. I know the
> basic
> concept, but I don't know how everything goes and where everything is
> connected.
> For instance, do I just go to Pep Boys and buy a pcv valve and plug it
> into a valve cover? Do I plug the other end into a carb port?
>
> thanks for the help.
> -alfie
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