Help with breather hose query

[TRTerry]

1963 1098 cc Traveller.

I managed to break the now brittle rubber hose that fits between the rocker cover and the base of the carburettor. It seemed to be a funny sort of 'S' shape. But I cannot find it in any online parts listing. All seem to show a breather hose that goes from the rocker cover to the air filter. I don't think my car is modified for any performance reason, all reasonably standard, and I can see a possible connection to the air filter that is completely unused. This set up has been working on the car for some 20 years so it must be right mustn't it?

I have tried a repair with some standard rubber hose but find that one end (carb) needs a smaller opening than the other (rocker cover), also it's kinked too much to allow good air flow. Can anyone help with a part number or suggest a supplier please?


Thanks


Terry Pruce

[Trickydicky]

Hi,
This is what you need. http://www.morrisminorspares.net/shop_item.php?ID=2186

[Boomlander]

Looks like part No. FUL200 from ESM (carburettor to engine breather tube)

[GBond]

I had exactly the same problem, I used the standard hose that goes to the air filter but my car is leaking oil so off to the ESM website...

Hadn't seen it in any parts listing either.

[bmcecosse]

Your 63 car has been fitted with a later (better!) carb. So you will need to find a hose that is stiff enough to take the bends without kinking!

[TRTerry]

Thanks everyone for your prompt and knowledgeable replies.

So I am modified eh?

What exactly is the effect this has on the carburettor? Is it a faster form of warming up? Does the fitting have to be very airtight?

Do I need to use it at all?

Thanks


Terry

[bmcecosse]

It's simply a better way of sucking the fumes out of the engine - which helps prevent oil leaks. The later carb also has better control of the fuel level in the float bowl.

[TRTerry]

Just to say thanks to all contributors, hose now in place. It was bending over and flatting itself but I found that a tie wrap held it in place for a nice smooth curve, and now the tie wrap's off it is holding this shape by itself.

NB Exhaust manifold cracked completely at the exhaust flange while on the A1 6 miles away from my son's home. Thanks to Charlie in Watford, who had a spare and was kind enough to sell it to me for a reasonable price.

Terry Pruce

[bmcecosse]

Well done Terry - and Charlie! Quite a few reports of manifolds cracking like that recently, and not something I had ever heard of before!