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| | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | Want to swap my oil bath type for an aftermarket flat round paper filter type. My Rochester neck is 2 5/8" diameter and I can get an adapter for a larger neck filter but how does it stay on. The flat round filters all seem to have a bolt thru the center which comes I presume, from the carb. Mine doesn't. There is a bolt on the oil bath filter but that holds the unit together and there is a clamp on the neck to hold it to the carb. Am i missing something here? | | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | What engine is it one? my 64 230 has a bolt from the carb as well as my 53 216, same with my 60 235...hope it helps. I want go to the aftermarket paper filter aswell eventually. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | It is a 57 235" with a Rochester single barrel. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 310 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 310 | I scored a period correct Fram dry element filter on ebay a couple of years ago. It clamps on the throat of the carb just like the oil bath did. You might check into something like that.
-Tim
'51 Chevy 3104 w/'56 235, 848 Head, HEI Dizzy, Corvette Cam, Split Manifold and Dual Carter YF's
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | You can buy air cleaners with paper filters right out of JC whitney that will fit on your carb. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 438 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 438 | Are there any kits that use paper, but keep the oil bath housing or look? My '54 is oil-bath right now and it's just a pain to deal with. I'd like something that looks stock, but doesn't look hot rod. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | I have seen pictures of a modified oil bath with an opening cut in the front where there is a paper filter exposed. Don't know if it was in one of the recent truck magazines. I am still trying to figure out how to do my conversion, and not having the stud thru the carb to hold a modern type on, I am stumped. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | The modified oil bath I wrote about in the last post is actually not cut out. Looks like he put a deep paper filter in the bottom and covered the top of the filter with a smaller lid. Hard to tell exactly and it could even be a stock unit from something else. Its in the June 2005 issue of Classic Trucks, page 29. | | |
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