Re: [Healeys] PCV installation BJ8

[i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>]

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Thanks for the tip!

Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022, 8:15 AM Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:

> I started with the BCS kit, so I have the sealing washer on the dipstick,
> and I put a screw in the hole in the oil filler cap (I didn't think solde=
r
> would stick on the oily cap, and I wanted 'reversible' at the time). At
> idle, you can feel a vacuum if you put the palm of your hand over the oil
> filler hole (haven't tried it on the highway).
>
>
> On 3/21/2022 10:43 PM, i erbs wrote:
>
> Did you do anything else? Just ran the pvc to the manifold? That's it?
> What about the hole in the oil cap? I have a bj8 manifold on my bt7 engin=
e.
> I get a lot of blowby into my rear air filter. Had Rocker arm checked...a=
ll
> good.
>
> Ira Erbs
> 1959 AH 100-6
> 1967 MGB
> Milwaukie, Or
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 5:31 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Here's how my mechanic did it. Best to balance both carbs, but using the
>> unused port on the manifold works OK too.  I ran that way for many
>> years; the thread is some sort of Brit thread, I drilled and tapped it
>> for an American one.
>>
>> On 3/21/2022 10:51 AM, Michael DiVito via Healeys wrote:
>> > Planning to install a PCV on my BJ8 and having trouble finding the
>> right hardware to connect to the manifold. The plug in the manifold wher=
e I
>> will connect the PCV is 3/8=E2=80=9D with a fine thread pattern. Does an=
yone know
>> where I might purchase a suitable connector which has the correct 3/8=E2=
=80=9D
>> threaded end for the manifold connection and a 1/2=E2=80=9D barbed end f=
or
>> connection to the PCV?  Also if anyone has already done a PCV install
>> advice appreciated.
>> >
>> > Michael P. DiVito
>>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks for the tip!<br><br><div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_s=
ignature">Ira Erbs<br>1959 AH 100-6<br>1967 MGB<br>Milwaukie, OR</div></div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tu=
e, Mar 22, 2022, 8:15 AM Bob Spidell &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bspidell@comcast=
.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef=
t:1ex">
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    I started with the BCS kit, so I have the sealing washer on the
    dipstick, and I put a screw in the hole in the oil filler cap (I
    didn&#39;t think solder would stick on the oily cap, and I wanted
    &#39;reversible&#39; at the time). At idle, you can feel a vacuum if yo=
u put
    the palm of your hand over the oil filler hole (haven&#39;t tried it on
    the highway).<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div>On 3/21/2022 10:43 PM, i erbs wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">
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      <div dir=3D"auto">Did you do anything else? Just ran the pvc to the
        manifold? That&#39;s it? What about the hole in the oil cap? I have
        a bj8 manifold on my bt7 engine. I get a lot of blowby into my
        rear air filter. Had Rocker arm checked...all good.<br>
        <br>
        <div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>
          1959 AH 100-6<br>
          1967 MGB<br>
          Milwaukie, Or</div>
      </div>
      <br>
      <div class=3D"gmail_quote">
        <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 5:31 PM
          Bob Spidell &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"; target=3D=
"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">bspidell@comcast.net</a>&gt;
          wrote:<br>
        </div>
        <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border=
-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Here&#39;s how
          my mechanic did it. Best to balance both carbs, but using the
          <br>
          unused port on the manifold works OK too.=C2=A0 I ran that way fo=
r
          many <br>
          years; the thread is some sort of Brit thread, I drilled and
          tapped it <br>
          for an American one.<br>
          <br>
          On 3/21/2022 10:51 AM, Michael DiVito via Healeys wrote:<br>
          &gt; Planning to install a PCV on my BJ8 and having trouble
          finding the right hardware to connect to the manifold. The
          plug in the manifold where I will connect the PCV is 3/8=E2=80=9D=
 with
          a fine thread pattern. Does anyone know where I might purchase
          a suitable connector which has the correct 3/8=E2=80=9D threaded =
end
          for the manifold connection and a 1/2=E2=80=9D barbed end for
          connection to the PCV?=C2=A0 Also if anyone has already done a PC=
V
          install advice appreciated.<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; Michael P. DiVito<br>
        </blockquote>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
  </div>

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