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ford-s

04-11-2008 14:45:55




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I have a question,is there a way to change a oil bath air breather into a regular paper air filter.I have a '51 to-20,there has to be a way,thanks,cw




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AussieDoc

04-24-2008 01:40:31




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 Re: air breather in reply to Jeff-oh, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
I gutted my oil bath air cleaner yesterday. It had a dent in it and looked untidy so I decided to beat the dent out.

The oil bath filters are not designed to be fully stripped down but this is easily achieve by drilling out the small spot welds at the lower end of the inner tube. I used a 1/8 drill bit on a drill press and then some gentle prying with a small srewdriver. It came apart with ease.
It allowed me to remove and unroll the two packs of mesh. They had a 1/2 century of grass seed and crap in parts of the mesh that would not wash out in solvent. This was easily taken care of by blowing the crap out with an air compressor.
I was then able to insert a wooden hammer handle inside against the external wall of the cannister and hammer it from the outside to bring the shape back again.

Once that was done and every part cleaned then it was a simple matter of rolling up the mesh again and assembling it. I rivoted the spot welds to hold it all together. Voilla...just like a new one.
I did consider using small self tappers instead of rivets but I was worried about the screws coming loose and being sucked into the carby.
Anyhow it should last another 50 years providing I clean it more often

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Toora Stephen

04-21-2008 16:32:21




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
Wouldn't that be an oil bath air cleaner cleaner?

- TS



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Randyr

04-21-2008 01:12:58




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
Well if you got the right unifilter or K&N, you could put it on the top of your oil bath cleaner, and have a cleaner oil bath air cleaner.



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gerard

04-12-2008 13:26:21




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
Why change? An oil bath air cleaner is technically more advanced, works better and costs almost nothing to service.



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john[mo]

04-12-2008 08:02:24




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
Link

this is the brand i used. i put a piece of pvc pipe between the filter and the air cleaner pipe.



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ford-s

04-12-2008 09:34:33




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 Re: air breather in reply to john[mo], 04-12-2008 08:02:24  
thanks john(mo),that is just what I was looking for.cw



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gshadel

04-12-2008 05:26:14




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
K&N makes a generic replacement sock type air filter that is popular with some N owners and should work fine on your TO also. Don't know a part number. Might be able to find it at their web site or from a K&N distributor.

George



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john[mo]

04-11-2008 19:34:53




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
i bought a universal clamp on foam filter from a atv parts place. you wash it and reoil it. i have my canister oil bath filter i just need to redo it and i can go back to it.



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Fred T. Hart Jr.

04-11-2008 19:12:07




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
I have a 1957 to-35 with oil bath breather, it has worked great for 50+ years,

Just take it apart from time to time, clean and recharge with oil

Great system and must keep incoming air clean as little Fergy motor still runs like a champ.

However if you want replacable air filter, given enough money and time I will bet you can come up with one.

Good luck,

I see many who want to change oil filter to spin on type, they would be easy to change, but canister type works good and are only about $5-6 bucks at Agro dealer.

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Bob

04-11-2008 18:04:12




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 Re: air breather in reply to ford-s, 04-11-2008 14:45:55  
Believe it or not, the setup you have is as good or better than many modern air filters.



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