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Folks, i,m new here, got a shortbed fleetside 62 C-10 235 and 3/on the tree.Goes on the road tomorrow-FINALLY!original truck-sat since '73, lotta work on it, but FAR from pretty. Question is, does ANYONE know what or HOW to put an aircleaner on the 'ol Roch. mod "B" which dosent have a bolt for a butterfly nut.I'm stumped. What kind of gizzie do I need?, thanks to all.

I myself have done so much research on this same thing. I will share what I have heard and found. 1 pearson I heard put a adapter he made that screwed on like a hose clamp with a stud, But I never saw pics of it. Many people use the one like in the link ill provid below.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chro...tageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Others will use a factory air cleaner like this.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...6330584_779265583_12881603_7331044_n.jpg

Or like I did for the time being, Remove the filter from your oil bath and stick in a paper element like this.

http://talk.classicparts.com/picture.php?albumid=180&pictureid=1462

http://talk.classicparts.com/picture.php?albumid=180&pictureid=1465

Here is a link were other folks have rigged stuff to work on there carbs. Just some pics. Form dose not talk to much on filters.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=543375&page=2

Good luck.

Thanx Grampastruck, this is driving me nuts. It's stupid @#$%^ like this that makes you want to give up old trucks and become a landfill tourist guide, or something along those lines. I'ts really a stupid question,as i've built 409's 327's big block ford and chevys and the like.But for the life of me, I dont know what to do with my little sewing machine (235) and its need for an air filter. HHHHEEEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!

Why no love for the oil bath air filter grandpa? One of my favorite features on thes old trucks. Love showing my friends and seeing there confused faces.

You should have a bracket across the top of the carb with a threaded stud in the center. This goes through the air cleaner & has a wing nut or hex nut on it. If the rod is missing you can get threaded rod at the hardware store & cut it to length.

A lot of the 60's carbs did come with the rod. But I am guessing you picked up a earlyer carb with no shaft. Do you got any Photos of the carb. The 50's carbs had clamp on air filters and did not have a stud.

austinaubinoe, I love the oil bath as well thats why I kept the oil bath housing. But as you know if oil bath were the best thing they would still be using it. I did not cut mine or any thing and I still have the filter so I can drop in some oil and the old filter any time.

What model paper filter did you use?

Thanks John

"But as you know if oil bath were the best thing they would still be using it"

..well, maybe but OTOH the filter companies wouldn't get to sell you anything, especially since so many used their old motor oil to fill up the air cleaners. All I know is that they did a good job of keeping the bugs & butterflies out of the carb while letting the air in. I know it worked because I had to clean them as a High School Harry working in the gas stations. Ahh, the good old days.

I used a CA146 Fram filter but you can also us a E1000 K&N if you have the same oil bath filter housing I have.

THANKS FOR THE INFO GUYS, BUT ITS NOT HELPING. tHE CARB NUMBERS THE RIGHT ONE, AND I'VE REBUILT IT, HERE'S THE FUN PART,THE CARBS GOT TWO LITTLE HOLES ON EACH SIDE THAT i think SOME KIND OF GIZZIE GOES ON TO TO ATTACH THE STUD AND NOT, YET THE HOLES DON'T LOK BIG ENOUGH FOR SOMETHING TO GO IN.i HAD A '60 cHEVY bISCAYNE THAT HAD A CLAMP ON FILTER-A HUGE THING-AND i THINK THATS WHAT i MAY BE STUCK WITH GETTING, i COULD GO AFTERMARKET, BUT I'M ANAL ABOUT ORIGINALITY, AH WELL.

Ok, well I have found 2 differant rochester b's. Look at them both and see witch is like yours. I think you maay be missing the bar the stud screws in on the newer style carb. Check it out and let us now. Or post a photo of yours.

Carb 1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-Ro...tageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Carb 2

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OLD-...tageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Thanks GRAMPASTRUCK, it's the second one, I KNEW I'd seen this before, great pic, now all I have ta do is hit the boneyyard, pray, do the hail Mary thing and hope I can find that little dooflinkie. Appreciate it to all.

unless you have the type that uses the clamp type filter someone sold you a bill of goods just like they did to me, there is a bar with a stud that goes across and is pinned into the carb where those little hole are. I was going to fab something up, but then I found out the rochester B's are pretty much junk and went with webers