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| | | | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 29 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 29 | On a '37, 216 cid engine,is the oil filler/breather pipe a pressure fit to the block or is it fastened in some way other than the brace below the filler? Any advice on how to remove it?
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | It is a press fit. Sometimes they are hard to remove without damaging them. A block of wood and a hammer under where the down pipe comes out the main tube, tapping up, is sometimes needed.
See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 | Yep. Press fit. I sprayed mine with a bit of PB, let it soak and then with a bar wrapped in a rag and inserted between the main canister and vent pipe, worked it back and forth until it loosened. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 29 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 29 | | | |
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