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Old 09-06-2019, 05:21 PM
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Anyone have a pic that I could see how this California bases sets up looks like on a car.

Ames has this for 64 to 65 only, I have a 66 tri...…….having some pcv issues and thought this might help me some.

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Old 09-06-2019, 05:32 PM
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Does this help?

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Old 09-06-2019, 07:19 PM
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Thanks Chris, wow, I didn't think it looked like that, oh boy. This is what I got from the street forum, thought maybe I could swing this somehow, but I don't have the baffled v/c"s.
It looks like Year One has the tri power California air cleaner bases part number 2108 and maybe you can hook them up to a Moroso oil separator breather part number 68781 on the passenger valve cover to remove crank case pressure at full throttle.

I don't have a tri power but I used the Moroso 68781 on the passenger valve cover and hooked it up to the air cleaner base with a PCV fitting and used a breather on a baffled valve cover on the driver side valve cover with the PCV valve in the baffled valley pan and it works fine.

Thanks for the pic

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Old 09-06-2019, 10:28 PM
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Here's mine.
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Thanks for the pic, gotta give that some thought, maybe looking at it for awhile I could get used to that. lol

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Here's mine.
What alternator is that?

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Old 09-08-2019, 08:55 PM
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That is a Power Master 57295. A shop I used to take my car to, removed the old 3 wire externally regulated alternator and replaced it with that internally regulated 1 wire. I needed more amps for electric fans.

I regret this and I believe it is wired incorrectly, causing other issues I am dealing with now.

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That is a Power Master 57295. A shop I used to take my car to, removed the old 3 wire externally regulated alternator and replaced it with that internally regulated 1 wire. I needed more amps for electric fans.

I regret this and I believe it is wired incorrectly, causing other issues I am dealing with now.
I don't know about the Powermaster but most 1 wire alternator have the provision to hook them up as a 3 wire. Try that, it will probably solve your issues. I never did like, or would ever use 1 wire.

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