oiling · FF-0181

How do you add a PCV valve and an oil filler to a later Flathead manifold without the draft tube?

On this later-model manifold, which should have a draft tube, an oil filler and a fuel pump at the back, Ed made a small bracket and fits a chrome cap so oil goes in there from now on. He puts a plug in, which he thinks is an inch and a half, and fits a PCV valve in it with a normal PCV grommet such as one for a Chevrolet. That cleans it up and does away with the draft tube.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

crankcase ventilation and oil filler

Applicable scope

1949–1953 Ford Flathead V8 with a Mercury crank, built for a 1949 half-ton panel truck