PeterJoe said:
I am pretty sure that the oil separator would have been mounted in the same place as in the Mark III. The reason I say this is because the hose from the oil tank to the oil separator and the hose from the oil separator to the inlet manifold T fitting are the same part numbers.
However, the actual Mk2A separator body had a different part number to the Mk.3 item. [Edit] Also, the metal tube that connects the separator to the airbox and the grommet it passes through on the Mk.3 (065497 "Tube, Metal", and 067709 "Grommet") are not listed for 2A.
PeterJoe said:
Of course you would have to figure out a hose arrangement from the oil separator breather hose to the air box because the hose fitting location on the Mark III and Mark IIA air boxes are different. So maybe someone with a Mark III that has the oil separator still installed can supply some pictures. That would probably be a big help for you.
Mk.3 airbox, with the separator hole in the usual MkIII position:
Either the oil separator was mounted in a different position on the 2A (as we haven't
as yet seen a 2A airbox with the hole where it is on the Mk.3 airbox) or, perhaps it wasn't fitted at all, or not to all 2A models, even though the oil separator parts were listed for the 2A, however, I vaguely remember seeing a photo of a Commando, with the separator, but not in the usual MkIII position?
PeterJoe said:
Of course you would have to figure out a hose arrangement from the oil separator breather hose to the air box because the hose fitting location on the Mark III and Mark IIA air boxes are different.
Stephen did only ask
if a 2A had one or not, so it seems hardly worth the bother of fitting the original separator parts-unless of course he is aiming for a 100% original restoration?
