Oil bath air filter dismantling

**RichardJ** · 24th February 2019, 10:08 PM

Thanks for the advice ... the top came off fairly easily once I knew to tap it in the right place.
The gauze section was a different story. Didn’t want to budge. Soaked the joint in wd40 for a day and that helped (not sure what that does to cork tho ... oops).
So I managed to get that section off ... and behold, there’s another one underneath. After a few tries to get that off I noticed what could be spot welds, so assume it’s supposed to stay put? Do you have to clean that one? I’m happy to mask around it for painting.
Might need to replace the cork seal though ... have I rooted it with wd40? It looks complete at this stage.
I’ll be doing mine black again ... the colour thread I found was this:
Series 2 - Air cleaner paint | LandyZone - Land Rover Forum
Thanks all
Richard

**RichardJ** · 11th March 2019, 11:25 PM

Evening all
After dismantling, sanding and painting my oil bath filter (it looks a treat now!), I've progressed downstream to the carburettor elbow.
My elbow seems to have more protrustions than most ... the ones on the web have a single tube that allows a connection from the elbow to the rocker cover vent cap.
Mine has that ... and more.
carb_elbow1.jpg carb_elbow2.jpg

The angled one had a golf tee wedged in it, the hole on the elbow body had a bit of electrical tape over it and the thin one poking out the end just seems to disappear up the elbow.
What are all the extra appendages??
Should I just get a new golf tee and more tape?
Ta
Richard

**JDNSW** · 12th March 2019, 05:23 AM

I have never seen one with more than the one connection for the top rocker cover breather, and pre-mid 1960s with no PCV had none.

I suspect that someone may have replaced a Zenith or Solex with a Stromberg and run the pipe from the filler tube to here as well, which would not give very good crankcase ventilation.

**RichardJ** · 20th March 2019, 09:13 PM

Same theme ... different part.
I removed the air cooler / battery bracket, scrubbed, sanded, rust converter ... taped where the battery earth connects then painted the rest (looks great! ... but will take a lifetime at this rate).
Then engaged the brain. Problem: earths have to go somewhere. Assume I should expose bare metal where it bolts onto the battery tray and starter solenoid? Or earth strap it to something else?
Ta
R

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