Mike Stormo Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I am hoping that someone has already done this so I don't have to start from scratch. I would like to change my original air filter can (oil bath) over to a paper element. Is there a kit? Or do I just yard out the guts and fab up can for the element? I have a 1965 B53. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52380-b-model-air-cleaner-change-over/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Going to a dry element, I would modify what you have. An oil bath filter is a very efficient system. It is a little more maint. but works very well at trapping dirt. Here is an option from Watt's. http://www.wattstruckcenter.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_72&product_id=397 I used a dry filter salvaged from an old R model on my B-75 which had no filter when I got it. It is a little tall and would have to be cut down for a B-53. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52380-b-model-air-cleaner-change-over/#findComment-390985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblin-Goblin Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I agree with the part about the oil bath being the superior method for filtering and cleaning the intake air. The only reason the industry changed over to dry element replacement filters is speed and ease of maintenance when maintaining entire fleets of trucks. Think about it, what's the difference in time between servicing an oil bath filter vs. replacement filter? Five minutes? If you're servicing 100 trucks, that five minutes is now 8.5 hours, an entire day's worth of labor. That's why truck manufacturers switched. For the person with just one truck, the extra five minutes doesn't matter, which is why I've left the oil bath filter on my B61. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52380-b-model-air-cleaner-change-over/#findComment-391048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I was always told an oil bath was the best on engines running at constant rpm; there not as good at idle. They stayed on gen. sets and power units. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52380-b-model-air-cleaner-change-over/#findComment-391050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Do they work on a turbo motor? I read "somewhere" that a turbo motor in a hard pull could suck the oil out of the filter. The change all took place before my time so I don't know if there's any truth to it or not. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52380-b-model-air-cleaner-change-over/#findComment-391054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 That is not the case. Diesel locomotives with massive turbo's run oil bath air cleaners. Trucks had turbo's and oil bath air cleaners back in the day. Ease of maint. with dry filters plus being able to mount a dry filter housing in any position pretty much killed the oil bath off for trucks. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52380-b-model-air-cleaner-change-over/#findComment-391063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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