That trick works for old refrigerators and all sorts of stuff. Good post!

 

Wow, I can't believe that I missed this when it was first posted. I kept getting oil on the intake and it took me a while to realize I had a very tiny pinhole in the bottom of the housing. I sealed it up with JB weld, but it still leaks some, so this looks to be the solution.

 

went out to the shop and looked at the air filter. Very similar to the one posted here, but different dimensions. As far as I can tell, after the mod, the new element should actually rest on the bottom of the original bowl and the top will rest against the bottom of the piece that was just modified.

the preliminary measurments are abou 6.5 inchs inside dia, about 2inches wide filter material and about 10.5 inches total dia. Hight seems to be the only stickler here. Not sure how ro measure it Will reinvestigate it tomorrow. I believe the total hight may have some wigle room because the original part set on a bottom lip in the bowl section. The new mod eliminates that

 

Does not appear that i will be able to do mod. Remeasured today and I will need a filter 5" hi x 7" i.d. x 9.5" o.d. K&N app did not show anything that will fit. Can not find a similar FRAM app or Puolater app

wah, wah

 

I think you might be too restrictive in sizing your element? It doesn't need to perfectly match the original element. You need to think outside the box. The original housing only provides the top and bottom caps like a late model or aftermarket open element air cleaner (picture an Edelbrock air cleaner: bottom plate, exposed element, top plate) that makes the air flow thru the filter material, the rest of the housing is only for cosmetics to make it look like the old oilbath and hide the new element.
I looked at the K&N search and found 2 possible solutions: element # 2640 and element # 2660. Both have an ID of 7.125" and an OD of 9.0 ". The 2640 is 2.25" tall, the 2660 is 2.5" tall. Simply stack two elements to get total height of 4.5", 4.75" or 5". If you are concerned about the stack shifting, make a simple 7" D x 1/4" shorter than the stack height tube of expanded or perforated metal to slide down inside the stack.
Where there's a will there's a way!

 

hey Ax,

As usual you are doing your great job helping people out. I really appreciate your help on this and other things .

I will go out to the shop and really look at this situation again. but it sounds like this may be it. Sure would like to rid the oil set up. I will let you know how I make out

JimG 1098

 

Stacking filter elements is commonly done on desert off road racing and dirt track racing engines to get more filtering area in the dusty conditions where they can't fit a larger diameter element or a single element would plug up too quickly. Cheap chicken wire or hardware cloth can be used to make the liner tube.

 

AxRacer and all,

Setled on Fram CA 2788. They came today, performed the mod and these things fit in there like they grew there.

Ax, thanks for thinking outside the box. I stacked the two and there is only 1/4" different in the overall height of the whole unit. Should I silicone sealent inbetween the two filters. The whole unit is tightened down into the housing with no play up or down.

Thanks so much

JimG 1098

 

"Thinking outside the box". There is none other like this forum for disseminating information and ideas. Sometime all it takes is looking at someones mod and seeing the application in our own projects. O/T, I took an old, cheap foamy breather, an old hubcap and a new fram paper filter and made my own breather. Although not oil bath.

It would be great to see the above "oil bath conversions" in the tricks and tips sticky at the top.

 

This place is awesome, is is not?

 

As long as they can't slide side to side there should be no need to glue them together.

 

Thanks Ax

Jim

 

So the filter you used is for a 6 cylinder housing? I want to convert mine because my experience was that the oil spilled all over when the truck was winched unto a the flat bed of a tow truck.
What filter model will git the 8 cylinder? Please let me know...

 

The oil bath (lower portion) shouldn't be filled up all the way. There's a fill line inside the oil bath container. The only way that the oil would spill over is if the container was filled above and beyond the recommended fill line. The oil inside the container needs to reach slightly above the lower portion of the air cleaner.

 

My inside diam was about 6.5 7" The original oil bath had a 5" opening to the carb


The width that the filter could be and still fit into the well of the housing was 9" /the heigtht was about 5 inches. Ax sugested a couple of K&N that might fill the void. Each aplication may be different. Mine was off a 8cyl, 1954 F-750, 279 eng. As you saw, Ax sugested I stach 2 element together to achieve my height. Once you get to the portions of the k&n, or fram or purolator sites, there is usually a option to put you dimensions of what you need and the selection program will furnish you with some options.

If you have any trouble, pm me or put it in the regular post and I will be glad to help you out.
JimG