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The manuals state to clean the air cleaner on my 33 and 34 Suber 8's to dip and rinse them in gasoline. Fast forward to the 21st century... What do you use to clean the air cleaner on these cars?

I use charcoal lighter fluid. Excellent solvency, essentially odor free, far less hazardous than gasoline.

While I like OD's (Dave's) lighter fluid, I user odorless paint thinner as I almost always have a gallon can of it sitting on the shelf. Both are good solvents for oils, greases, and the gummy dirt laden mess found in a car's air cleaner. Both are relative safe to use when it comes to catching on fire. I would would advise against using gasoline or any extremely flammable hydrocarbon solvent.

1-K kerosene is a good cleaner. Flammable, yes, but doesn't stink as bad as regular kero (or diesel) from the pump. Rather than flush, I pour some on a rag or pour some in an old tin can and dip a disposable brush and wipe away as much as I can from the target object.