Engine ventilation cap

[JohnC]

Hi all....anyone ever have any luck finding or locating a replacement for this vent cap. Pic Included. Mine flew of somewhere.
Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks32034

[Pat Marshall]

John has a '56 Mark II. But, I'm guessing he would take either the early (GEN 1) or the later (GEN 2) styles.

[Barry Wolk]

What is the difference Pat?

[Pat Marshall]

GEN 1 ("1956") Valley Cover Ventillation Cap
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GEN 2 ("1957") Valley Cover Ventillation Cap
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[Barry Wolk]

I didn't think there was a height difference on the manifold. Why the difference in the cap?

[Pat Marshall]

I have no idea why, but there definitely is!

[Barry Wolk]

The reason I brought that up is someone that has a '57 says he can't close his hood with the air cleaner on it and wondered if he got a '56 engine back from the rebuilder. I'll ask about his block number.

[JohnC]

I've got one comimg from MKII Enterprises....$25.e.I already know when it arrives it wont work...over the winter I replaced my intake manifold gaskets and took off the valve pushrod cover just to take a peek under there and I found this home made thing. Thats the underside

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I didn't know it at the time (but I do now) that the vent cap was a faucet strainer...lol

If you been following along for the past almost 3 years, Lots of surprises with this car for sure