Re: An Air Cleaner from a '33 - To Clean or Disassemble

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/8/18 12:14:08

My 34 Eight also has the oiled mesh filter, though you no doubt know a full oil bath filter was optionally available and would be a superior unit, even superior to the paper elements, if you can find one. It's described and pictured in the 33/34 Service Letters.

I clean my oil mesh with charcoal lighter fluid and it only takes a quart or so; I don't dip and soak it, I spray the solvent in thru the louvers and let the dirty solvent drain out until it's clean. Disposal is simple, throw it in with your waste oil - at most it's a quart or so.

I re-oil with SAE 50 motor oil and just leave a towel on the manifold for a few hours to catch the excess that drips off. After that any excess will be drawn into the engine and burned.