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WI Dave

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To make a long story short, I finally got all the misc. parts of my H back from being cleaned up and painted. I took the oil cup off of the air cleaner, and the air cleaner body has a bunch of oily sand in it. Any suggestions on how to clean it out without wrecking the new paint?
 
(quoted from post at 09:52:05 02/01/12) To make a long story short, I finally got all the misc. parts of my H back from being cleaned up and painted. I took the oil cup off of the air cleaner, and the air cleaner body has a bunch of oily sand in it. Any suggestions on how to clean it out without wrecking the new paint?
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Only way to get that sand out is too drill out the spot welds and remove that stack of screens that's in there. I think the spot welds are in the area that is covered by the cup or the clamp ring, so I suppose if you are REAL careful, you might accomplish the task without messing up the paint TOO much. 'Course then you need to weld it back together again, and that might be the end of the paint.

DEFINITELY get that sand OUT.
 
Our manufacturer did a study that a typical 5,000 pound capacity forklift 4-cylinder engine will be completely wasted by 1 teaspoon of sand or dirt through the air cleaner. We call it "dusted"
 
Use a five gallon bucket and fill it with enough diesel or kerosene so that you can dip the air cleaner it it with the fluid level near the top of the bucket. Dip the air cleaner assembly in the bucket until the mesh is completely saturated and then pull it out and let it drain. Keep doing this until you no longer are flushing any more sand from the mesh.
 
(quoted from post at 14:22:58 02/01/12) Use a five gallon bucket and fill it with enough diesel or kerosene so that you can dip the air cleaner it it with the fluid level near the top of the bucket. Dip the air cleaner assembly in the bucket until the mesh is completely saturated and then pull it out and let it drain. Keep doing this until you no longer are flushing any more sand from the mesh.
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I also swish mine up and down in the bucket when doing this.


Another suggestion is to use the hot water pressure washer on it. That is what we do to clean them out nowdays. It is a lot cheaper than diesel fuel and it is pretty quick. Make sure that it is REALLY hot (metal and all) when you finish washing it so the water will evaporate. We then blow them out with air.
 
He sandblasted the parts I took to him. He did a nice job on the first bunch of parts, but I wasn't very happy with the second batch he did for me. That's where the sand in the air cleaner body came from.
 
(quoted from post at 20:34:07 02/01/12) He sandblasted the parts I took to him. He did a nice job on the first bunch of parts, but I wasn't very happy with the second batch he did for me. That's where the sand in the air cleaner body came from.
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I could say 100% of the time you would never get an air cleaner clean after blasting. The oily mesh is designed to catch dirt. It would take some SERIOUS cleaning to clean the sand out.
 
(quoted from post at 20:59:49 02/01/12)
(quoted from post at 20:34:07 02/01/12) He sandblasted the parts I took to him. He did a nice job on the first bunch of parts, but I wasn't very happy with the second batch he did for me. That's where the sand in the air cleaner body came from.
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I could say 100% of the time you would never get an air cleaner clean after blasting. The oily mesh is designed to catch dirt. It would take some SERIOUS cleaning to clean the sand out.
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Yes, that's why I recommend taking it apart. I don't you'll ever get ALL that sand out by immersing it in a bucket of solvent.
 
Have you talked to the painter about this problem? He should have kown better than to sand-blast around an air clearner. Steam clean yes--sand blast NEVER!! iN MY OPINION HE OWES A NEW AIR CLEARNER as that is a very important part of your tractor especiallyif this is to be a working tractor.
 
(quoted from post at 12:14:20 02/02/12) Have you talked to the painter about this problem? He should have kown better than to sand-blast around an air clearner. Steam clean yes--sand blast NEVER!! iN MY OPINION HE OWES A NEW AIR CLEARNER as that is a very important part of your tractor especiallyif this is to be a working tractor.
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Did you ever think it may have been the problem of the person who took him the air cleaner to sandblast??? Why is it always somebody elses fault.
 
I'm still trying to get ahold of him to find out about the missing parts and why a few things we had agreed on didn't get done...
 
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