guide to raising axle breathers? f5stop i think?

[wannabeH3]

someone mentioned last week raising their breather tubes from a tutorial or something that i think was made by f5stop? any info on this? i wanted to check it out and lost the thread...

[wannabeH3]

someone mentioned last week raising their breather tubes from a tutorial or something that i think was made by f5stop? any info on this? i wanted to check it out and lost the thread...

[f5fstop]

I gave Hummerjim the location of the vent hoses (I think been a while), and he in turn raised the height using other tubing. Hopefully, Hummerjim will step in and tell.

[wannabeH3]

ah cool cool hook me up jim!

[HummerNewbie]

It was HummerJim. Haven't seen him on here too much lately. Probably out having fun in his H3 and making sure he keeps his high mileage title

fstop, how is the hand doing?

[HummerJim]

It's pretty easy to do. Just buy some rubber fuel hose (you'll need 3 ft total) and you'll find one vent on top of the automatic transmission, and on the front and rear axles easily, I looked all over and couldn't find one for the transfer case, but I'm sure it has one too because Fstop says it does, but I'll be a son of a gun if I can find it. I secured the top of the hoses with a J clamp and sheet metal screw to the underside and filled around the screw with black high heat silicone. As has been stated driving in deep water is VERY DANGEROUS, hard on components, wheel bearings, and electrical connections, and call me overly safe, but I keep a pair of personal fotation devices in the back.
You're right Newbie, I have been busy cutting and splitting firewood for the winter. I bought a vented wood heater for the den and hope to save on heating with two cords of wood. One cord from last year and this cord to be used as late as possible after it dries. I had a friend that almost burned down his house putting a wood heater in the garage - flames and gas fumes don't mix! First time in a long time I've missed my pick up, hauling around wood!

[HummerNewbie]

Bet it is getting really nice there right now. My sister and her family were heading down to their place on the lake for the weekend this afternoon. Hope the new heater helps this winter.

[f5fstop]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerJim:
It's pretty easy to do. Just buy some rubber fuel hose (you'll need 3 ft total) and you'll find one vent on top of the automatic transmission, and on the front and rear axles easily, I looked all over and couldn't find one for the transfer case, but I'm sure it has one too because Fstop says it does, but I'll be a son of a gun if I can find it. I secured the top of the hoses with a J clamp and sheet metal screw to the underside and filled around the screw with black high heat silicone. As has been stated driving in deep water is VERY DANGEROUS, hard on components, wheel bearings, and electrical connections, and call me overly safe, but I keep a pair of personal fotation devices in the back.
You're right Newbie, I have been busy cutting and splitting firewood for the winter. I bought a vented wood heater for the den and hope to save on heating with two cords of wood. One cord from last year and this cord to be used as late as possible after it dries. I had a friend that almost burned down his house putting a wood heater in the garage - flames and gas fumes don't mix! First time in a long time I've missed my pick up, hauling around wood! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

forgot where the transfer case hose is, guess i'll have to look for it again on the vehicles we have at work.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
fstop, how is the hand doing? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

thanks for asking. getting better and next thursday (hopefully, i will have the damn pins removed). the pins seem to be causing more problems now that the bones have started to heal. still hard to type, and screw upper case type.
i will now offer some wise words on how not to screw up your hand.
1. be careful where you place your hand in an engine compartment when lowering an engine, attached to a hydraulic engine hoist,...i highly recommend somewhere other than between the engine mount and the engine mount frame bracket
2. make sure the guy controlling the hydraulic valve understands three things....
1. how sensitive the knob is when turned to lower the engine...
2. "let it come down slowly," does not mean, open the valve all the way and watch as it crashes into the engine compartment...
3. the guy with the crushed hand will not be one of your pallbearers, which you would have needed if he had not been pinned between and engine and a frame....

[HummerJim]

Hope your hand is doing better fstop.
Sorry, but I just had a chuckle when I read that because it reminded me of helping a friend drop a rebuilt 283 in a 59 Corvette using chains and pulleys. There were four of us and the owner smashed his pinky but didn't loose it. After we got the engine in place and put the radiator and hood back on, that polished, finned aluminum air cleaner GM used (later on the 65 and 66 GTO too) focused the sunlight on the hood and set his fiberglass hood on fire. He ended up with a one inch hole in his hood and 15 minutes in the ER getting a finger Xray. That must have been ages ago if we only spent 15 minutes in the ER. Take care of yourself fstop, and now you can look forward to setting off every airport metal detector!!

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by f5fstop:
thanks for asking. getting better and next thursday (hopefully, i will have the damn pins removed). the pins seem to be causing more problems now that the bones have started to heal. still hard to type, and screw upper case type.
i will now offer some wise words on how not to screw up your hand.
1. be careful where you place your hand in an engine compartment when lowering an engine, attached to a hydraulic engine hoist,...i highly recommend somewhere other than between the engine mount and the engine mount frame bracket
2. make sure the guy controlling the hydraulic valve understands three things....
1. how sensitive the knob is when turned to lower the engine...
2. "let it come down slowly," does not mean, open the valve all the way and watch as it crashes into the engine compartment...
3. the guy with the crushed hand will not be one of your pallbearers, which you would have needed if he had not been pinned between and engine and a frame.... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh man that has got to hurt!

That guy sure is lucky you were pinned. Hopefully they will be taking out the pins next Thursday.

[f5fstop]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerJim:
Hope your hand is doing better fstop.
Sorry, but I just had a chuckle when I read that because it reminded me of helping a friend drop a rebuilt 283 in a 59 Corvette using chains and pulleys. There were four of us and the owner smashed his pinky but didn't loose it. After we got the engine in place and put the radiator and hood back on, that polished, finned aluminum air cleaner GM used (later on the 65 and 66 GTO too) focused the sunlight on the hood and set his fiberglass hood on fire. He ended up with a one inch hole in his hood and 15 minutes in the ER getting a finger Xray. That must have been ages ago if we only spent 15 minutes in the ER. Take care of yourself fstop, and now you can look forward to setting off every airport metal detector!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

This was a vette engine too. As for the detectors, i have three screws in my leg, so i already do a great job of setting the detectors off.
will have to say, i was lucky, if my hand had been about a quarter inch over, the stud in the mount would have gone through the hand, when the engine slammed against the mount bracket.