Type-3 breather disassembly?

Max Welton · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:21 pm Post subject:

Hmm ... I used a modified ring-expander for the big crankshaft snap-ring.

Searching...

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_009454870...921x00003j

So duckbills are like needle-nose pliers but with lots more leverage. Got it.

But I don't have one.

Alright ... time to refocus. This little effort was simply to make the breather look as nice as the rest of the engine. Trying to get the car road-worthy to drive to the BOR in Phoenix later this month.

I can't afford the amount of calendar time I'm spending on this. The options are:

A) Leave it alone.

B) Bead-blast it as it is, flush the insides very well (to get the glass bead out) and repaint the black parts while masking off the rest.

I choose B.

Thanks guys.

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Russ Wolfe · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject:

If you have the breather off assembly off, you should be able to push the sleeve out from below.

The pliers I was talking about was this kind. I guess they are called C-ring pliers.

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Max Welton · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:00 pm Post subject:

Thanks Russ.

At the suggestion of a friend, the breather is spending the night head-down in my can of carburetor cleaner. Maybe it will be more cooperative after a night in the can. Wink

I'll try to push it out from underneath tomorrow.

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Max Welton · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject:

The carb cleaner did the trick!

Breather apart:

Bead blasted:

Painted and reassembled:

Special thanks to FASTBACKDON, who loaned me his breather tool!

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FASTBACKDON · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:34 pm Post subject:

Max that breather is incredible. I know where to send mine to get restored Damn. I am just glad the tool worked. If the breather is any indication of what the rest of your engine will look like wow is all I can say.
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Max Welton · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:46 pm Post subject:

TommyBoyGomes · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:41 pm Post subject:

hm, an internal 1" pipe wrench like this??

http://www.generaltools.com/products/professional-internal-pipe-wrench-(1)__139d.aspx

Doesn't look similar to what was pictured above...

FASTBACKDON · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:52 am Post subject:

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Notched · Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:08 am Post subject:

I've never seen this sleeve on the engines that I've pulled apart. I swear, I always learn something new in this forum that I didn't know before.

I do have quite a few engines that are completely original, that I've never pulled apart at least. Will be interesting to see if the sleeve is inside.
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TommyBoyGomes · Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:58 pm Post subject:

Hey Max,

I've dissassembled and painted my breather assembly as well (btw, thanks for stealing my silver-and-black painting scheme Smile

) and had a question. What gasket did you use between the stand and the breather? I see on ispwest's website that there's a gasket that goes between the two, but in my elring set, I only see a metal washer (similar in style to the one on the oil relief valve) that could fit the diameter of the stand throat. Is this metal one the right gasket to use underneath the breather? If not, where'd you get the right one? Did you permatex it? Thanks!

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:50 am Post subject:

That gasket does not come in the gasket set.
You will have to make one.
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RAIDER SS · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:50 am Post subject:

What is that brillo pad? I do not have one in my '72....should I?
I have a light tension spring between the plastic cap and the lower washer.....is that correct for the '72 breather box assy?
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TommyBoyGomes · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject:

Ah, got it Russ. Good thing I just finished some frosted mini wheats!

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject:

TommyBoyGomes · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:17 pm Post subject:

Russ, what have you used in the past as a substitute for the oile filter/nest/brillo pad looking thing? I'm hesitant to use thick steel wool and risk some of the steel falling into the engine. I'd sure like the oil to condense on something rather than the air filter I'm putting on the end of the breather. Anything you'd recommend? Thanks!

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject:

Do you know those body washing things your girl friend/wife uses?
I have used a piece of one of those before. Do not pack it too tight, or it will cause back pressure.
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TommyBoyGomes · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:22 pm Post subject:

you mean a loofah? (sp?) Smile

Most of those are some type of polymer or nylon I thought... Wouldn't want that to melt. Or do you mean more of a sponge material?

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:23 pm Post subject:

It does not get that hot there. Probably not over 100-120* at the breather.
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