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dazchristie Learner Dubber

16 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#837659
Hey there,
Does anyone know how to take out the breather pipe on a 1975 Beetle?

My Gregory's book tells me to undo the nut with a spanner, but the nut inside the oil filler is a strange looking thing that is incredibly hard to move.

Any help would be great

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#837680
If you are talking the black bit on top of the cast generator stand it is bloody hard to get out without the right tools.
You need like an onersized socket that has a protrusion/slot that fits in the "nut" that holds it on

Reckon it would be easier to find one that has it off.

A butcher would try and tap it off with a screwdriver
Futue te ipsum!!!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#837683
You can make a tool from flat bar, but as said, be warned....can be f'n tight, sometimes the right tool combined with heat doesn't move them, others can be loose.
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#837687
How come you need to remove it?

As Matt said they are usually bloody tight, I've never had any luck cracking one with flat bar

I Ended up grinding down a socket to be the same thing as the original tool

You can buy the correct tool for the job, they fit a 1/2" socket

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#837692
I've removed probably around 40 with flat bar and FBH.
Zero with correct tool (unless already loose lol)
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

dazchristie Learner Dubber

16 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#838667
Yeah I brought that tool but it still won't budge. Might try to apply a bit of heat.
I had oil up in my air filter so I thought my breather pipe may have been blocked??

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#838673
Sure it isnt an oil bath filter??
Futue te ipsum!!!

dazchristie Learner Dubber

16 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#838687
Sorry what is that?

dazchristie Learner Dubber

16 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#838689
I dont think mine has that?

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#838691
Is your air filter plastic or metal?

It's normal to see a tiny bit of oil in the corner of the plastic ones where the breather goes in but if theres heaps laying in the bottom probably a sign the engines getting abit tired.

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#838692
either way - you shouldnt have to take it off to check for a block breather hose

The hose just pulls off
Futue te ipsum!!!

dazchristie Learner Dubber

16 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#838694
The car has never had any troubles and I recently drove it from Tasmania to Queensland. Now all of a sudden it wont start but before this it kept back firing and spluttering. The oil in the air filter was the first thing I noticed.

dazchristie Learner Dubber

16 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#838696
The air filter (box) is plastic.