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I have been doing smaller projects on "Thor" to try and make it more road ready. I have been fighting an oil leak after swapping to a standard large cap HEI, part of that I attributed to the lack of crankcase venting. I read the write up on Deve's web page and how he assembled his PCV system, I wanted to maintain more of the original appearance of the engine.

I removed the Road Draft tube, pulled the cap off the canister and cut the down tube off. I made a small plate that was tack welded over the side hole left from the down tube. I remounted the down tube and welded it back onto the canister. Like in Deve's description I added a grommet to the canister cap and reattached it. The rest was bending up a line and attaching a fitting to the intake manifold. I used a PCV valve for an '85 - '88 F@&d Ranger 2.3L as it crossed with the valve recommended by Deve.

A couple of evenings and a little paint and head stratching and the job was finished. I will admit the bends in my stainless steel line could be tighter but that will be a project for the 261 when I put it in "Thor".