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PakRat - Your 283 PCV setup sounds familiar. Ford did a similar thing to the early SBFs when they moved away from draft tubes. Bolted up to the same fitting (on the intake manifold in this case) and everything. Drilling a hole in the rear of the intake (aftermarket Edelbrock) for a PCV valve fitting is one of the ideas I'm considering. Find great deals on eBay for flathead ford pcv. Shop with confidence. The center groove in the valve guide is for the lock clip that locates the valve guide assembly in the block The bottom groove in the valve guide is for the crow foot tool that’s used to install and remove the valve guide assembly.
1962 F-100 Custom, original 223 w/ original 3 speed behind her.I need help. I'm new to these motors and I can't seem to find what I'm looking for on it. I have an oil bath air breather. Never fooled with one before. There is a line that runs form my oil fill cap to the air breather. I assume this is for venting. Can I get rid of this and the oil bath if I install a PCV? What are some of the methods y'all have used to retro fit a PCV valve? Any advise is welcome. Pictures speak a 1000 words to me. I have included two pictures of my motor.
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Please excuse me if this seems to be an elementary question. My background is with 66/67/69 Stangs running 289's and 302's as well as LS1's. I just bought this truck and I my learning curve is steep with this motor. There just isn't a lot of information out there on a 223.
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EFV-8 Club Forum - PCV installationTopic: PCV installationoldasi- @ 5:33 AMAnyone ever done this, On the underside of the manifold, behind or in front of the heat riser, in one of the intake runners, drill a 27/64 hole, tap it 1/2 x 20, install a Fram FV- 482 or a 277 PCV.If you've done this or heard of it, what were the results? Email me at [email protected] @ 12:54 PMwhy would you want to ruin an intake manifold? Tell us what year engine you are working on and someone will tell you how to install a PCVoldasi- @ 6:06 AMHad been working on a '36 and a '46 14 yrs ago and got sidetracked, now back at it.
Found an email that I got from a V8 club member in 2001 and he had suggested it, looking in index of past V8 Times I see 3 references to the subject however I don't have access to my magazines right nowwmsteed- @ 9:01 AMThere was an article published in the V8 Times several years ago that outlined how to install a PCV into the bottom side of the intake manifold.The article looked very slick, and had some merit if a person wanted to conceal the PCV, however, it was not a very practical idea. The PCV needs to be serviced from time to time, washing it out so the valve therein does not stick. Having to tear an engine down to get at the PCV for servicing looked like a pretty dumb idea.There are several easy ways to retro fit a flat-head engine with a PCV system.I'm a firm believer in PCV's, I have installed them on many older engines which did not come equipped with same.Bill36 5 win delx cpeDavid J- @ 6:41 AMNo mention here of the fact a 1936 has only a labyrinth rear seal. Add a normal aggressive PCV system to a labyrinth seal type motor and you will end up sucking cr.p from the bellhousing area into your motor. I do not consider that a good idea.wmsteed- @ 7:21 AMAnd on top of that the world is really flat, anyone can see that.The negative vacuum pressure in an engine is very minimal, it would be near impossible to pull debris through the rear main seal from the bellhousing area.The bellhousing area on a Ford flathead is pretty well a closed area.Although it might be possible to pull the 'fly's' out of the flywheel, or the spiders out of the 'spider gears'.Bill36 5 win delx cpeThis message was edited by wmsteed on 2-9-15 @ 7:23 AMDavid J- @ 8:58 AMBellhousing area is pretty well closed? Ever notice the cotter pin hanging out of the hole in the bottom of the bell area of the oil pan? How about the vents in the cover in the pic?
An aggressive PCV system will not suck rocks off the road BUT IT WILL pull clutch debris - dust into the oil pan.cliftford- @ 8:18 PMWhy would anyone put a PCV in the bell housing area? The purpose is to suck fumes out of the crankcase or valve chamber area.David J- @ 9:36 PMNobody in their right mind would put a PCV in the bellhousing. The issue is with an aggressive manifold vacuum PCV system and a labyrinth rear seal you will at times be sucking air in through the rear seal area. Deceleration would be a prime time for this.
And comments were made about the bellhousing area being a ' pretty well closed area ' and that of course is not the case.
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