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| Another Air Cleaner question.; How to clean it??? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 7 2011, 06:05 PM (394 Views) | |
| North Carolina Nick | Aug 7 2011, 06:05 PM Post #1 |
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There is a mesh of material inside the body of the air cleaner. How do you get it out? How do you remove the lid? Thanks in advance. North Carolina Nick |
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| jyotin | Aug 7 2011, 06:53 PM Post #2 |
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It was not designed to be disassembled. It was considered an assembly unit. See my post on your other question about putting it in a cleaner. |
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It's just my luck that something good is going to happen to me today. 54 - 3B - down on the farm 67 - cj6 - former state of Alabama vehicle ?? - cj5 T98a - made from spare parts - Ford tractor blue ?? - cj5 T98a - made from spare parts - Jeep green | |
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| Larry (TX) | Aug 7 2011, 07:43 PM Post #3 |
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Nick, if you'd like to go fully modern, but maintain the original looks of the air cleaner on your jeep, there is now on the market a kit wherein you can actually gut the inside of the cannister altogether and insert a dry-type filter, which will also eliminate having to fill the lower cup with oil. Back to the wing nut situation, I can tell you without question that of the three or more dozen jeeps I've owned since back in the mid 60's, including three '53 3B's, a '65 3B and a '59 3B (one of the '53 3B's and the '59 3B are both sitting out back under the shed as I type this), ALL of the wing nuts securing the air cleaners to the fire walls have 1/4 x 20 US standard threads that screwed into weld nuts on the interior side of the firewalls. |
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Larry Steed Pearland, Texas '53 Willys CJ3B '52 Willys M38 '86 Chevy M1009 CUCV (K5 4x4 Military Blazer) M100 1/4 ton jeep trailer M416 1/4 ton jeep trailer (2 ea.) M101 CDN 1/4 ton jeep trailer | |
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| North Carolina Nick | Aug 7 2011, 08:00 PM Post #4 |
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Larry, Thank you for all of your information. I am going with wing nuts for the original look. As for the air cleaner, Should I submerse the entire unit in kerosene? Nick |
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| Larry (TX) | Aug 8 2011, 09:47 AM Post #5 |
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I've done that before when restoring old one's from salvage yards (for jeep restoration projects) and have had good results. |
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Larry Steed Pearland, Texas '53 Willys CJ3B '52 Willys M38 '86 Chevy M1009 CUCV (K5 4x4 Military Blazer) M100 1/4 ton jeep trailer M416 1/4 ton jeep trailer (2 ea.) M101 CDN 1/4 ton jeep trailer | |
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