The breather tube on mine just runs to the fitting on the fwd carb air
cleaner (it's using the carb air cleaner as its filter for the breather
air). No valve in-line. I can e-mail you a photo if you like.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ron Soave
'61 Bugeye
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> From: Chas Douglass <chasd@halcyon.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: PCV valve/breather
> Date: Thursday, November 27, 1997 9:00 AM
>
> My '60 Sprite appears to have a PCV valve on the breather tube between
> the rocker cover and the air cleaner. I don't see this part listed by
> Moss (although I've missed stuff before!), and I find no mention of it
> in the shop manual.
>
> This valve sits, or is supposed to sit, in a rubber grommet/seal in the
> rocker cover. The grommet, valve, and breather tube are all in rotten
> shape, and I want to "fix" it.
>
> The engine appears to be the later 948 from an MG and not the original
> 948.
>
> Any suggestions? Is the PCV valve a late addition that I can just
> scrap? If so, where would I get a fitting, or what might I use to make
> a new breather tube just "plug in" to the rocker cover?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chas Douglass -- Seattle WA
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