Aeroquip fitting on valve cover?

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PostPost by: JGeezer » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:41 pm

Can anybody guess why somebody did this?

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PostPost by: types26/36 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:45 pm

Its an extra breather....it was quite a common mod back in the day.
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PostPost by: rgh0 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:50 pm

Most race engines will have a breather on the front of the cam cover like this feeding to a catch tank and the original breather plugged.

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