oil breather

[brackie1]

Is there one on a '78 spider if so where is it?

Gene
North Carolina

[vandor]

I assume you mean the crankcase breather. It's under the intake manifold.

[brackie1]

Is that the one ports into the carb or into the charcoal cannister?

[johnsje6]

On my '79 it goes into the air cleaner.

[Texsardo]

One of the larger tubes running up the back of the intake manifold. It is about 3/4". On the 78 it connected to the air cleaner housing toward back on drivers side. I put on a lunch box filter. Put an adapter on the crankcase vent hose that brought it down to a standard 1/2" hose and connected this smaller hose to replacement filter (small L shape or 90 degree tube that screws into bottom of new filter housing). Be careful though with the tubing as the long accelerator rod can be compromised (not fully return to closed position) by the tubing rubbing up against this rod. Wouldn't idle down because the tube I replaced with pressed up on the rod. Bent tubing down out of way and problem fixed. And please don't leave the vent hose just open to air in engine compartment. Try to route back to air filter.
Texsardo still a newbie but just letting you know what I did on my 1978 Spider.

[brackie1]

Thanks for the info.

[toplessexpat]

You can get quite nice little filters to go on the end of you don't want to tap a new air cleaner.

[Texsardo]

Where do you get these separate filters and do you have any description or photos?
Texsardo

[azruss]

they are like the old style breathers on early 50s car. They still vent to the outside air, where routing it to the air cleaner, burns the vapors and sends out the exhaust.

[toplessexpat]

Easy to get hold of: search on Amazon for "crankcase breather" and many options appear...

[Texsardo]

Thanks Topless, I did get a neat chrome with red filter breather cap from Amazon as you suggested. Fits perfectly and really looks good with all the other upgrades I had already done in engine compartment. I don't think I would have kept my Spider if not for all the helpful forum members and their knowledge.
Texsardo

[toplessexpat]

Hey - FYI - I've just removed my breather..... put it back into the air cleaner... and it works BETTER...