Air cleaner decals

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Ron,

As Lynn mentioned there were two types of sumps: those with a road draft tube and those without.

Keith Webb posted a while back on Canadian Military Vehicles Facebook page, a WW2 D.M.E Technical Instruction regarding the fitting of the Hydrovent. Perhaps he can reproduce it here too if he reads this. Hydrovent was a name used by Fram for the PCV system.

It mentioned those sumps fitted with a road draft tube and the Hydrovent need to have the tube blocked off with a thin shim for the system to function properly.

I have two 1946 engines with road draft tubes, but I am running the Hydrovent on one of them, so I fabricated a block-off shim as per the Instruction. Even those two sumps are different. One has a smaller drain plug and one piece (car?). The other has a larger plug and a removable lower section at the flywheel (truck?) which is the one that I am using on my truck.

Hope this is of some interest.

Cheers,

[Ron Pier]

Thanks Lynn and Jacques for your explanation and pictures of the hydrovent system.

Lynn I receive pictures all the time from guys using their phone album which are often sideways or upside down??

Jacques the filter decal that Mike and I are fitting is for the large air filter bolted to the rear wall of the carriers. Since I think the filter can be revolved within its brackets! I'm guessing anywhere between the brackets??

Cheers Ron

[Jordan Baker]

Ron, the decal on the air cleaner for the carburetor went on the top and not the sides.

[Ron Pier]

OK thanks Jordan. I'll have to attach mine so that it can nearly be seen Ron

[rob love]

Derk Derin just got a NOS carrier air cleaner, and as Jordan says, the decal is on the top. It will be visible through the screen on the engine cover.

[Mike Gurr]

Many thanks all those who have replied, the decal from LwD has arrived and awaiting the one from the USA.

[Mike Gurr]

Well the 'United Oil Bath Air Cleaner' label arrived from the USA and on the newly repainted air cleaner looks great. It is exactly the same size as the original though it is a sticker rather than a water slide transfer as was the original. They come as a pack of two so I have a spare should anyone in the UK or Europe need one.