WD45 oil bath air cleaner cleaning
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Topic: WD45 oil bath air cleaner cleaning
Posted By: jerrys
Subject: WD45 oil bath air cleaner cleaning
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2012 at 3:59pm
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Hi all, new owner here. I bought a WD45 and it runs great and hydraulics all seem good, tires in good shape, but when the previous owner was giving me the rundown he showed me that the oil bath air cleaner was unhooked and said that it needs to be cleaned out. From reading, it looks like they have a metal mesh material in the can that is cleanable/replaceable, how does this all come apart? And how hard of a job is it?
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Posted By: jhid
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2012 at 9:27pm
I just did mine a couple weeks ago, there will be around 5 spot welds on the screen and air cleaner, take a sharpened screwdriver and carefully break the welds trying not to bend the screen too much. Then lightly clamp the lip around the tube in the middle in a bench vice and pull the air cleaner so they come apart. Then take the 3 rolls of mesh inside the air cleaner out and take the nail that keeps them rolled up out. Unroll the mesh and clean it out with whatever you like using, then dry them with an air hose. To put the rolls back in wrap the mesh around the pipe extending out of the top of the air cleaner and replace the nail. To slide them back into the air cleaner take a cereal box, roll it into a cone and place it over the pipe then slide the rolls back in and replace the screen
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Posted By: Brampton 02 gt
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 8:17pm
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Thanks for the great tips. I am going to be cleaning mine up as well.
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Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 8:33pm
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Put it in a 5 gal pail of gasoline for a couple days.
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 8:54pm
I just used a can of engine degreaser and sprayed it down good then let it sit for an hour or so and then washed it out with the garden hose.
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1957 WD45 dad's first AC
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1956 F40 Ferguson
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Posted By: jerrys
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2012 at 3:37pm
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all fixed, disassembled it and unrolled the mesh, took sprayed it with degreaser then let it sit for an hour or so then took it to a high pressure car wash and sprayed it out. Then just let it dry and reassembled. Actually there was 3 rolls of the wire mesh and only the bottom one showed any excessive muck.
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2012 at 3:43pm
Did mine with a pressure washer and degreaser. Easy as pie...
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