My new 292

[sprink88]

I have installed my new 292, but noticed something was differant about it. I have looked up the block ID and it says a 58-59 292. But there is some type of black "breather" looking thing on the drivers side, just forward of the oil filter.  Can anyone tell me what this is? I do not have a pic, I am at work. 

[suede57ford]

The black tube is the crankcase breather that was used on the '57 passenger cars originally. 

T-Bird's, 2-4's, and supercharged cars had the road draft tube coming off the rear of the valley pan that came down by the passenger bellhousing.  They had a block off plate over the hole.  Blower cars used that hole to return oil from the blower to the pan.

The later blocks did not have the hole machined in the block, as the later ones had a road draft off the rear of the valley pan.

[sprink88]

Thanks Suede!