So when my air cleaner mount broke for the second time I said.. many expletives, then I thought of what I could do to get rid of the darn thing altogether. I have added pictures of what I did but essentialy, it is what everyone else who has done this did:

Just take the fittings off the top of the oil separator by bending back the tabs.
Find a suitable can (a can of baked beens fit PERFECTLY), so I didn't have to bend edges, or make tabs, just open can, eat beans, clean, ready to go( in reference to this guy)
Bend the bottom to make it kind of domed-ish (courtesy of a hammer and a wooden stick)
I cut the drain tube off the original oil seperator (courtesy of a hammer and a screwdriver to "cut" through the metal)
Punch a hole in the bottom of the can, put the drain tube in, RTV Silicone it in place.
Fill can with stainless steel wool.
RTV silicone the top on, use pieces of garden hose and 1/2" CPVC that I had lying around to connect it up....
Then I just caulked the whole darn thing in place with some more of the Oil resistant RTV silicone.... I was going for cheap and easy, and I'll tell you, it works VERY VERY well. I didn't think it'd actually hold on, but I gotta tell ya... that sucker is ON there good, while still flexible, so I can laugh at the idea of breaking more brackets instead of replacing my motor mounts

Total cost $1 ish (worth of silicone, I bought a caulk tube of it for 8dollars)
I'll try to be updating how it is working... Note: The outlet tube should not be vented to atmosphere, I just wanted to see how much oil was coming out the outlet, to see whether I have more work to do getting it to take the oil out better before I hook it back up to the intake.

Yeah... but how much did the beans cost?

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'82 300TD
'77 6.9
'75 280S
'74 280
'87 Porsche 944 turbo

Sometimes you guys amaze me.

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1987 300TD
1984 300D
755,000 KM and going strong
BC Canada

I opted to open the AOS inside the stock air filter housing and seal it with silicone. My filters would become soaked in oil.

I've put about 100 miles on the car and my new air filter is completely dry. It was fast and easy, just my 2 cents.

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'82 300TD
'77 6.9
'75 280S
'74 280
'87 Porsche 944 turbo

I like that mann-hummer provent 200 talked about on the first page.

I need one for my 300CD and for my 135i!

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

I got rid of the 85 CA air filter and vent system and replaced with washable filter and similar Theory vent system in operating a oil catch can before going back I to the intake tube. Works great and is easy to maintain. I am trying to figure how to upload pics from iPhone.