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Following Norm's advice about fitting a clear 1/2" tube to the main breather and ending it with a duck bill, I also added a 'discrete' catch tank for the resulting fluids. What do you think?

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Given that you're trying to get a WWII look on your outfit I don't think the clear plastic tubing looks right, try black braided nitrile rubber, you can put in a discrete clear plastic section for mayonnaise spotting.

The can also looks a bit postwar, gate your skates on and have a look at eBay item 311039051265

Regards,

A.

Apologies for typos in the above... A

Fair comment Adrian - but it another way of looking at it is that it is a WW2 lookalike with 1960s paraffin can being reused in 2014? Anyway I have put a bid in. Cheers.

Hi Graham, problem I see is that it still can't breathe the air needs an exit point from the can, at least any carry over oil mist should be caught in the can. At one stage I had a small plastic drink bottle tied to the end of the hose so that I could see exactly how much oil was being carried over. At first the little bottle would end up half full after a few hundred ks but eventually it settled down to virtually nothing so I just took the bottle off. With the setup you have you should have a virtually drip free Electra

Hi Norm, there is a vent tube on the rear facing side of the can. Soldering it in place took some getting the temperature correct!

Adrian - I did buy the oil can and it was delivered today - very useful it will be too but not as a catch tank, it is only 80mm high x 60mm x 30mm.

WOuld love to see a pic of the whole combination, looks great!

Hi
As requested a picture of my outfit.