removing and replacing wire mesh in 65 oil bath clener

Anonymous-0 · Apr 1, 2013

Hello how do I remove and replace the wire mesh in a 1960 Massey 65 oil bath assembly.

Thanks in advance.

jedagi · Apr 1, 2013

If I remember correctly I took the breather hose off. Removed the screws that hold the breather assembly in place. Then lift the hole thing out threw the top. Seems like I had to take the oil cup and clamp off to get it lifted out. Once that is done there's a baffle that above the oil cup that pulls
out. Behind that is your mesh. It just slides out also. If it is in good shape it can be washed in solvent. Getting it rolled back up and in the breather is tricky. I rolled mine around a piece of pipe about the same size are a bit bigger than the center pipe in the breather. Put the pipe end against the center pipe in the breather and slide the mesh wire into the breather . Then reassemble and install everything . Fill cup with fresh oil and make sure the clamp is in the correct place when you tighten it. It took me a couple tries getting the mesh wraped the correct size to fit back in the breather. I hope I explained this clearly enough. Its easier done than explained.

mike paulson · Apr 3, 2013

Grab that retainer with a pair of channel locks and twist and yank till it comes out, its only pressed in and will come out. then grab the mesh with some pliers and pull it out and either rinse in gas or just buy a new one. they are available and might even be bought on this site.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 4, 2013

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately the baffle piece is tack welded in the center.

maxwell99 · Apr 4, 2013

guess I was lucky on cleaning the air filter on my old TO-35, 1957 model.

I always kept the air filter oil bath clean and also ran a stick and cloth up the air tube and kept it clean,

but then one day, read on this site about cleaning out the air filter wire mesh.

I took off the air cleaner and placed it in a 5 gal bucket, then filled the bucket with kerosene and let it soak for a couple of days.
then poured out the dirty kerosene, rinsed out the wire mesh a few times with clean kerosene, until the fresh kerosene ran clean after rinsing out the filter.

Then let the air filter air and drip dry for a few days. to be sure the air filter wire mesh was dry.

replaced the air filter and filled the pan with oil, works fine.

but man-o-man that wire mesh was full of dirt, probably the first time the wire mesh air filter had ever been cleaned as we have owned the tractor almost since new.

I guess I just never thought about cleaning the dirt out of the wire mesh filter housing.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 4, 2013

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately the baffle piece is tack welded in the center.

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