Air cleaner decals

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Mike Gurr

Absolutely. While waiting for the new decals to arrive does anyone have an original picture of the decal on the large air cleaner as I am not sure where it should be positioned?

Hi Mike,

Not sure if carrier and Ford CMP trucks used the same decal but here is an original air filter decal on a NOS CMP truck carburettor air cleaner, the large "Honeypot" type.

The gold background is different to most aftermarket air cleaner decals which are yellow, as is "Made in Canada". Most ones have "Made in USA" for the US market. That is the type I used on the restored CMP air cleaner shown.

I made the artwork for the Canadian version but getting gold decal paper is costly. Likewise getting permission to use the "Ford" logo opens up legal issues I am not willing to pursue so I shelved the idea of making them.

Cheers,

[Lynn Eades]

Back to you Ron. Here are the Hydro Vent bits.
So the inlet manifold changed, The sump changed, and also the rear main seal changed (from a slinger to a seal)

Guys, what do I do to fix these pictures taken on my Android phone? Rotating them on my computer makes no difference. Is it the way I orientate my ph. when taking the photo?

[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.