Re: crankcase breather hose update

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made LEMONHEAD say:

> On Sat, 6 Jul 1996 13:29:32 -0500 (EDT) you wrote:
> <<
> The updated part is a metal tube with a small inlet adapter attached.
> I don't know what the inlet is for; some test I guess. The bad news
> is that the hose was $10. The metal tube is $80. But it's supposed
> to be a lifetime part.
> >>
> 
> Hi Andrew...
> 
> Is this update a direct replacement for the rubber hose or does it also
> incorporate the metal pipe to which the rubber cranckcase hose attaches??
> 
> Is this inlet adapter sealed?  It doesn't vent into the atmosphere does it??

It is a direct replacement; just clamp it in, and away you go.
The vent tube is plugged with a little rubber stopper, so it does
not vent to the air normally.


> Just ordered this update from Linda (...maybe I shouldn't tell
> you...but...$35 for the metal tube...) and I'm just curious as to what
> exactly it is, and what it will involve to install.

I figured. It was one of those "I was there, the part was in stock"
impulse buys. You wouldn't believe the crap they cleaned out of the
old hose, BTW.

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