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Hi Chris:
With regard to your blowby question -
You wrote:
"The one problem that I did have was crankcase blowby, I have no
emissions on this '78 and vent from the valve cover into a stylish
coke can. It is perforated on top to vent gas, but catch oil. I had
oil coming out of the dipstick and the top of valve cover by the
screws. In looking at the original Spitfire owners manual I saw
something that might explain this, there is supposed to be some kind
of mesh screen that keeps oil from blowing out of the breather tube.
I don't think I have one since I just redid the cover and did not see
one when sandblasting it. Looking in the TRF catalog I dont see one
listed. Is there such a thing ? I will be taking the cover off again
to check this out, but any ideas on a suitible replacement screen
would be appreciated..."
I had a similar problem, although on a different kind of car, and used
a wad of coarse steel wool in the hose, with good success. It did need
to be cleaned or replaced periodically, but the price and availability
was right!
Hope it helps,
Jim Wallace
'60 TR3 TS81417
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