Odd addition to the Vent line
I've had my truck for about 6 months now. I started noticing a stronger and stronger smell of gas after about 15 minutes of operation. It didn't take me long to find the culprit. I had gas literally pouring out of the prefilter on my air cleaner. (I have the old style air cleaner) Upon further inspection I found that the fuel vent line coming from the fuel pump was pouring gas into the prefilter, so much that the pan of the air filter had about 3 or 4 tablespoons lying on the bottom as well. I took a closer look and discovered what looked like steel wool shoved into the vent?? hole on the bottom of the air cleaner. I removed the steel wool only to find it completely clogged. I searched through the manulas found only on this <AWESOME WEBSITE>:D and couldn't see any reason for this "addition" being in place. I removed the steel wool, fired up my truck, and "I'm in lOVE"...Man it's like a completely different rig! Runs smoother, idles like a kitten, even runs quieter! I'm wondering if anyone has seen this before? The vacuum lines leading to the carb and air cleaner were missing some clamps, replaced and WOW!!! What a total difference. I've included some pictures to illistrate what I am looking at on my truck. I'm starting to get into some more serious restore and tuneup, so stand by experts! Great site and I'm so glad to be a part of it!:happy10:
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...and I have that steel wool too...
Took off the air cleaner to soda blast and paint, and upon inspection, I also have the steel wool in the vent at the bottom, and it appears to have been glued in there with a spot of glue.
I removed it to strip the paint, but will replace it with a fresh wad of steel wool, as I figure that it was in place to prevent anything from getting back down into the crankcase from the air filter. Anyone know the real reason for the mystery wool in the crankcase vent inlet?