Oil Breathers?

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sabre67

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Just bought this BB Dart, The breathers on the valve covers are different. which one is wrong or maybe both wrong? Thanks

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It's only "supposed" to have a breather on the opposite side as the PCV valve. Also, the breather "should" have a nipple for a hose going to the air cleaner. Usually a 5/8 hose.
 
What Rusty said. Put a PCV on the driver side and get a elbow or breather with a 5/8" tube on it and connect it to the air cleaner with EVAP rated hose, which most fuel hose is.

Engine bay looks better than the exhaust tips!!
 
PCV is on back of driver's side valve cover. hard to see untill you enlarge the photo.

If it was stock I guess the PCV valve would be on the pass side and the missing snorkle would have the tube to run to the driver's side valve cover.

My concern is what looks like the power wire going to the starter wrapped around the driver's side front breather
 
It depends some on perspective. ;-)

The valve covers are wrong, so are both breathers.
 
I too am assuming the OP is asking compared to OEM
 
My concern is what looks like the power wire going to the starter wrapped around the driver's side front breather

That's the negative battery cable. It's just looped around the breather to get it out of the way. It's not even hooked up to the battery. Looks like the other end might be attached to an exhaust stud. Can't really tell though. It should be connected to an intake bolt on a BB.
 
that is how i bought it just wanted to make it functional and safe im not going for perfect OEM the car is far away from stock factory and not going back
 
Here is your complete PCV/crankcase vent diagram. This is how it should be set up.

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also dealing with this issue lol if i use a shorter spacer the fan will hit p/s brkt. Im not going to drive it with that flex death fan its garbage

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one hard stop looks like that thing would eat the radiator :realcrazy:
 
also dealing with this issue lol if i use a shorter spacer the fan will hit p/s brkt. Im not going to drive it with that flex death fan its garbage
Flex fans have a lot of "pitch" to the blades. A standard fixed fan won't have that much angle and will fit just fine with a shorter spacer.
 
Double check the radiator support. I found that mine was pushed back almost an inch. It wasn't from crash damage, as the grille and sheet metal at the front is perfect. Although the front bumper is bent, that wouldn't affect the radiator support. I think it had to have been that way right from the factory. I got a port a power and jacked it out straight and gained a good bit of clearance. You might stand to the side of yours and see. I took measurements from the corners on each side where the inner fenders meet the radiator support and it was back in the middle almost an inch. It's not anymore. Thanks to Curtis (@waggin) for seeing it. I probably never would have. It's worth a look.
 
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