On a '78 K model, you can reach the bottom of the battery box from the left side, may have to move some of the wiring out of the way.
On mine, there is a bolt that attaches the breather box to the bottom of the battery tray.
Edit to add:
Mine has 3 hose connections:
1-to connection on valve cover
2-to connection on air filter box
3-drain to bottom of bile near exhaust on the right side