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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 137 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 137 | After taking off my oil-bath air cleaner the other day and discovering the carb throat was absolutely filthy, I decided I wanted to figure out a way to convert to a regular paper filter. Turns out, it was really easy. I bought a Carquest 88094 air filter. It's about 8.25 inches in diameter and about 2.25 inches in height. A shorter one might work better, but I couldn't find one. I ended up having to drill out and replace the threaded center stud to make it longer, but that was the only modification. Anyway, here's the finished product. Hopefully, this may help someone else out some day. http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4422/aircleaner.jpg | | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 35 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 35 | I was just looking at my old oil-bath cleaner wondering how I should mod it for a new paper filter...now I don't need to...thanks! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 | If you have the standard wire mesh type filter, rather than the optional oil bath type, its an easy conversion. I didn't, so I found a wire mesh type at a swap meet (from a Studebaker, no less)
and used a paper filter in it. Well, on the NEXT truck, I'll know
how to convert one. Thanks for the tip!
1940 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup "KC"
A day without sunshine is like, well, ..... dark!
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