Air Filter

Took my air filter off yesterday, new to this job of taking off things on my carrier, air filter looks good , does ford make replacement air filters? and how in the hell does it come apart after screwing the bottom off?, The inside looks like little tiny matress springs still in silver colour ALSO can someone tell me the correct size bolt or rivit that goes into the armour plating. thanlks


CEERS YHOS

BIG MIKE

[rob love]

Unless your air filter is damaged, you never replace the element. It can be washed out with kerosene, or any suitable solvent. The manual mentions that the normal washing action of the oil bath keeps the element clean.

The parts manual gives the rivet sizes applicable to each piece of armour. I used standard 3/8 dome headed rivets in lengths of 1" and 1-1/4" length. The manual calls for 1-1/8 for most of the armour applications, but my hardware store onnly had these sizes to choose from, and the 1" worked great for most of the side armour.
The rivets going down from the armour angle iron to the fenders are 5/16 X 7/8" They are pointed downwards and peened flat.
Many just use carriage bolts to replace missing rivets. Watch for any bolts pointing down towards the track. They get very noisy with the continual beating of the track.