David Brackman wrote:
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> Last night I was bolting good old AN5L 35140 back together and ran into
> a little problem. The breather on the timing cover (1275) is in the
> way of the metal fan blades, by about 3/8 of an inch. I am using a
> downflow rad, and of course the plastic fan wont work with that rad. I
> have several sets of metal blades in my parts bin, and all are the same.
> I supose that there is a proper metal blade for 1275 with downflow rad.
> or can I modify the ones I have??
I was running that combination, downflow and 6-blade plastic fan.
It did get close and I trimmed the plastic fan a little where it gets
close to the breather. Can you move your engine back a little?
> And speaking of breathers, My rocker cover has no vent pipe, and my
> carbs have no vents. No pcv valve. Would it be OK to vent my timing
> cover breather to my air cleaners? Is that enough?
That would be ok, but it wouldn't be POSITIVE crankcase ventilation.
Better than nothing, but if you have an oil leak at the crank, you may
want to find a PCV valve. I think Peter C. may have them NOS.
Ulix
'67 Sprite
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