782 crankcase breather tube problems

[sorner]

I took the 782 out for a ride today and it started smoking. I opened the hood and found the dipstick was popped out and some oil was coming out. The issue is related to the crankcase breather tube.

Here’s a little history behind it. I took the breather apart to replace it because it was the old umbrella style and I put a reed style in it. In the process the old tube was brittle and broke in pieces. It looks different than the ones on the bowl style air breathers, I have the flat style. This is a series II but with swapped tins and intake from the original series I engine. I looked for the replacement tube but only finding KH-52-326-06 listed which is the same part for magnums, and in pictures it looks like the magnum style. The one that came off looks different, there’s not as much of a bend in it and it’s not as long. I stuck one on that I have here that is from a series II with the dome style air filter and it pinches shut, which caused the dip stick to pop out.

So, which part number is it that I need to replace it? Or is there really no difference and I have some mutant part that came off?

[R Bedell]

For the KT-17 Series II Engine, the original Breather Tube was 52-096-18. It is now replaced by 52-096-55S.

[sorner]

Both of those numbers are coming up as the cover plates, not the tube. I have a series II but it has all the series I parts swapped over, including the flat air filter with two wing nuts holding it down.

[R Bedell]

YUP, the ----55S is a breather assembly.

There is a difference between the Series I and Series II breather tubes. Different parts I see.

[sorner]

I don't need the assembly, just looking for the tube. I found two styles listed under 52-326-06-S.

This one looks like my M18 and my other KT17 Series II with the dome air filter assembly.
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This one is different but listed as the same part number. It does not look like the one I took off.
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I took a chance and ordered the second one to try, it does not look like mine, but we'll see if it works. Maybe they changed the design of it at some point.

[ol'George]

S52-326-06
KH-25-326-06-S (replaces KH-52-326-05)
google these and see iffin dey is what 'yall want

EDIT,
I see you beat me to it
the longer one looks like a vertical M-18 I have cut them slid in a metal thin wall tube to modify length/angle and they worked fine.

[sorner]

Thanks George, that explains it. There is a rigid section in the middle of the one I took off, with a hose clamp, so it seems like a similar "fix". I'll see if the one I ordered will work, and if not, I'm cuttin' and splicin'.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by sorner

Thanks George, that explains it. There is a rigid section in the middle of the one I took off, with a hose clamp, so it seems like a similar "fix". I'll see if the one I ordered will work, and if not, I'm cuttin' and splicin'.

ya and if ya have a tight fit, you don't need a clamp.
Oh my,
that could be all misconstrued.
I 'm just going away (giggling)

[sorner]

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[darkminion_17]

The second one is what is on mine, no hose job necessary.