The social obligations are completed and the crankcase pressurization has been addressed as well as can be (for now); I have devised my own plumbing for venting to alleviate the PCV system - see it for yourself, it is a sure shade tree set up, but it’ll do - for the trip. Some Seafoam went down the PCV tube to the oil trap and the oil is gonna get changed mid route but now I am off, headed to KS…

BTW -the dipstick head was ejected, the stick part was still in place and retrieved when I put the new stick in - which (as you forewarned MIJ) doesn’t fit, it’s head is incorrect but the dipstick tube is now serving as a vent (I have rigged two vent tubes) with hosing and a catch can …so the non-fit of the replacement dipstick is neither here nor there at this point .

My next post will hope fully be a synopsis of the road trip

See ya on the flip side!