Re: [ihc] Never overlook the obvious, or even the oblivious

["John Stricker" <jstricke@xxxxxxxxx>]

TRE,

Nope, Mac already won with the dipstick tube idea.

As for the "flame arrester", I call that an anti-backfire valve.  Yes, it
has that hose to the air cleaner.  That's to keep a backfire from possibly
igniting the air/oil mix in a valve cover.  All of the V8 Scouts I've seen
have that.

John Stricker

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@domain.elided>
To: "John Stricker" <jstricke@domain.elided>; "IHC Digest"
<ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ihc] Never overlook the obvious, or even the oblivious


> ---Now you did it, on the carb... no, the 304 like I have has a flame
> arrestor on the valve cover. Has a 5/8" hose that runs to the air cleaner.
>
> ---Now, on the carb... hmmm, that would have been my guess, but I had to
> know if the 392 had a flame arrestor like the 304. So that leads me to ask
> if it was coming from the carb, through the air cleaner and dripping onto
> the motor. (?)
>
> ---Thank you,
> -T.R.E.Jr.
> -`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
> -`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
> -`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
> -`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)