Yours is hooked up right.The line from the valve screwed into the manifold goes to the "cannister"in the valley pan under the rear of the intake manifold.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

Where should it terminate on the engine, mine is running back to the cannister just behind the valley pan

In case you don't catch my other post,the PCV screwed into the intake in front of the carb is the original factory equipment on a 64 truck.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

Where does the draft tube return to on the block what side? Someone put a PCV valve on mine screwed it into the manifold and ran a hose from that to the canister on the back of the motor which I am assuming is the Road draft tube canister... And I am thinking that this is the cause for my Vacume leak symptoms irratic idle...

Just in case anyone comes across this old post...I found why my draft tube was leaking, is was loose from the block and oil was running down the OUTSIDE of tube, only looked like is was from inside tube

Guess I'm lucky my car was sold in California and they required a PCV. So my car came with the oil cap venting to the air filter and the PCV going to a plate mounted under the carb. The vent on the left side of the block has a cap bolted in its place.

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

Unibody; Since your engines aren't installed, you might want to convert to a PVC setup. There are several posts on that subject going back.

Ced; The other thing to remember with the crankcase venting, is to remember that the air intake on stock engines is thru the oil filler cap. Ensure that the screen is kept clean, or the system doesn't work.

Paul

can someone pls post pics or a site/search that will show parts being described

both my 292s are fresh rebuilds and would like to have this resolved before install

they both have tubes that screw into the block through the valley pan and simply vent down and over bellhousing with no restriction, no filter, nothing.

my 80 year old engine rebuilder did give me a piece that will srew into the valley pan but has a smaller tube nipple, i assume to vent back through a pcv valve, like the 223 6 cyl does,back into the intake...

thanks for your help

john

I wanted to clean out the filter on the road draft tube of my '56 312, as I was getting quite a bit of exhaust out of the filler tube. I replaced all the gaskets in the engine a few years back, but for some reason I was too intimidated by the odd device to even mess with it. Now that I finally opened it up, you should have seen the pile of gunk stuck in there! The old oil came out of the can like a jello mold. When I got it all cleaned up, I noticed the cover seemed to press quite hard onto the filter, but because I hadn't read this post yet I thought, Oh well, all the better to seal it up!

It only took a few fast corners after it was all assembled to find that something was clearly not right. Oil was everywhere! I searched the forums for answers (why don't I do that ahead of times one in a while??) and found that the filter should be trimmed down. With some patience and a pair of wire cutters I had it fitting nicely.

However, I noticed that no matter how I spun the cover of the breather, I could not get the hole for the bolt to line up right with the tab that the bolt screws into. Just like Aussie Bill said in a previous post, I had to bend the tab a bit until the cover would sit even on the gasket.

Now that its all put together right I've been burning around corners and working the engine HARD. So far I've seen one drip come out of the tube onto the pavement. A VAST improvement! Thanks again everyone for your help! Wanted to be another witness that you may need to bend your tab back into shape to get the cover to sit properly.



Ced

Hello Ron,I just converted my 56 to PCV system and I have to say its a vast improvement over the road draft setup.When I walk in the garage it doesn't smell like oil and gas.I don't have puffs of smoke comming from under the motor when I stop at a light.For whats involved in converting its well worth it in my opinion.Regards,Mark