road draft tube / slobber tube

[Tackettr]

My deuce currently has no tube on it and is making a mess on my starter and front axle. I did a search and saw that I need a 1 1/4" ID tube about 3' long and NAPA has them. My question is, what type of tube am I asking for? I'm expecting the usual questions that have no relevance to my application. What year, model, AM/FM, automatic, ect. ???? So do I ask for a heater hose, radiator hose, just what do I ask for?? Thanks a million, I planning on my first long road trip this weekend.

 

[clinto]

Hose that is oil compatible or oil resistant.

Mine from Napa wasn't cheap.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Tell them what size you want and the length. It will not need to hold pressure, so the cheapest hose will work. Radiator hose will work, heck you could even go to home cheapo and get some hose off a spool. All it does is direct the slobber down below the axle.

 

[desertfox]

Track-Make sure it is long enough to extend downward past the axle housing.

 

[Heavysteven]

I'm looking to replace my slobber tube as well. Going to Atlanta Rubber and Hydrualics.

Can any one confirm it's 1 1/4" length 3'?

 

[Merc1973]

I'm looking to replace my slobber tube as well. Going to Atlanta Rubber and Hydrualics.

Can any one confirm it's 1 1/4" length 3'?

I hope it is, I just picked up a 3' stick of it from NAPA since My deuce was without one, making quite a mess on the axle:

 

[Floridianson]

Yes 1 1/4 three feet is perfect

 

[rwminck]

Not to highjack, but I have no tube and I have no mess. Is that a good thing or bad? Thanks

 

[doghead]

Good

 

[Another Ahab]

Good intel here. Subscribed.

 

[Ridgerunner]

My truck never had a draft tube on it, and I've never had any oil slobber drip out. What's the cause? Bad rings / blow-by?

 

[Terexts]

It's been blowby on the engines I've seen. We get a lot of dusted engines at work. We have engines with liner polishing now, causing oil consumption and sometimes high blowby.

 

[doghead]

Yes, both and the fact that all engines designed in the 50s vented their bases to the atmosphere with no regard to the environment.

Also the simple fact that almost 500 cubic inches of air is cycled/swirled every revolution in the base.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Mine drips a little drop out of the slobber tube now and then. In the winter you can see fumes slowly creep out but not puffing. Just very slowly drifting away.

 

[3rdmdqm]

I went to the local hardware store and picked up some cheap tubing off the reel. It is going on 5 years now and no issues with deterioration. If you want to spend the extra $$$ on oil and fuel resistant hose at ridiculous prices, have at it. It's not necessary. Any cheap hose will work.

 

[JasonS]

Yes, both and the fact that all engines designed in the 50s vented their bases to the atmosphere with no regard to the environment.

Also the simple fact that almost 500 cubic inches of air is cycled/swirled every revolution in the base.

Many gas engines had positive crankcase evacuation systems at least as far back as the 1940s. This was the first environmental control implemented and started in California.

 

[Terexts]

Most diesels still vent their blowby or crankcase pressure into the atmosphere. You can have blowby, but there is a point where it gets to be excessive. Engine manufacturers will have blowby specs for their engines.

 

[ATPTac]

Mine drips a decent amount, I haven't actually seen it dripping out but I do see the slight mess on my axle from it (my tube is only about 1 to 1-1/2 feet). If you want to see a ton of blow by, ask wb1895 about his. When he pulled up a while back I thought he had his exhaust routed to dump under the truck . But he's planning on doing an engine overhaul this spring. Which I think I might go help out with, it'd be a good learning experience seeing how I've never had one of these engines apart.

 

[Merc1973]

When it was running last I did not see anything dripping or much smoke coming out. However it looks like it never had a tube on there to begin with and the oil mess has been there for a long time, just not fresh.

 

[skinnyR1]

Mine slobbers and puffs constantly, although I have only had my truck for a couple of months, and it has rarely been above freezing. It puked out a good amount of oil from the tube on my initial drive back from purchasing the truck, 250 miles down the highway at 2400 rpm. I am not sure how I feel about the amount of oil or vapor coming from the tube just yet, as the truck is still new to me.

I figure maybe it will clear up as the truck is driven, as it had been previously sitting for so many years. I put on the 3ft extension tube, the same one posted in a picture up above.