what is this on my 32 engine?

[barry]

I believe the picture shows a remnant of a vacum assisted clutch hook up but I am not sure. Also what should I replace is with. It certainly doesn't serve any function at this point

 

[barry]

Here are the pictures

 

[ken ct]

Wha pic???

 

[barry]

here's another attempt

 

[barry]

sorry,

got them but now they are upside down

 

[jimTN]

A vac brake or clutch cyl would have a much larger line than that fitting would provide.

 

[DavidG]

Ford at one time planned both vacuum assisted clutch and brake controls and went the furthest with the former, including submitting a patent application and eventually being granted the patent in either 1937 or 1938. In any event it was never released, even though all '32 firewalls have provision to attach the vacuum canister.

What originally ended up in that hole in '32 V-8 manifold such as in your photos was a slotted headless plug, not the fitting shown in your photo.

 

[Funky Fords]

I'm sure that it isn't open and sucking air because you would really be running rough. Remove it and save it. It should be a standard brass pipe plug. Take it to your hardware store for a match.

 

[DavidG]

The original plug was cadmium-plated steel. Jim Kroll had a limited supply of some excellent reproductions of that plug plus the other two elsewhere on the intake manifold and perhaps he still has some available.

 

[barry]

Thanks. Jim has the plug for it.

 

[DavidG]

You're welcome!