Mk 2 Air Cleaner, oil bowl.

[John A. Rippingham]

Thank you, i took the baffle off today, or whats left of it and the mesh came out. As you can see mines a bit worse for wear, not got my sandblaster set up at the moment so its soaking in mollasses now.

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The new bottoms are going to work out at £50 each, if i do a batch of 10, i've got interest in 4 so far.

John

[Lynn Eades]

John, Is it worth looking at converting it to take a paper element?
With the need to make up bowls, a little modification in that area may lend its self to the installation of a cleaner, more efficient filtration system.
Just a thought. E-mail to follow soon, on a different subject.

[RichardT10829]

john I would be interested in a base... The image you show of yours on the bench is all I have left on mine.. The grille is in situ, but no base.

[John A. Rippingham]

Ok thats interest in 5.

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello,

The bowls should be spun in the next couple of weeks, if anyone else wants one let me know.

John

[RichardT10829]

Did you manage to get a price for us John ?

[John A. Rippingham]

With only doing 5 its going to cost a little bit more than the price i quoted above, as i still have the same tooling cost just less items to split it between. So probably £60-70 each, would normally have the batch of 10 done and put the spares on the shelf to sell, but there just isn't enough interest to do this.

If i can get another 2 orders i'd have the 10 done. Without the bowl the filters are worth very little, but complete with the bowl i know they have changed hand for 150-200 so worth doing if you have a filter to repair.

Rick wenlock is also having some parts spun at the same place, so he can vouch for the quality and price.

[John A. Rippingham]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

Thank you, i took the baffle off today, or whats left of it and the mesh came out. As you can see mines a bit worse for wear, not got my sandblaster set up at the moment so its soaking in mollasses now.

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The new bottoms are going to work out at £50 each, if i do a batch of 10, i've got interest in 4 so far.

John

The molasses worked well, here's my filter after 4 weeks soaking, it's amazing the rust just washes off and leaves what you see in the photo.
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[RichardT10829]

POR it John, as when it dries it will flash rust.... Alternate a wire brush wheel on a grinder cleans it up to a shine ��

[John A. Rippingham]

I didn't have any problems with it re-oxidizing. In fact the picture was taken a couple of days after it came out. As long as it doesn't get wet, what your left with is pretty stable.
I took the parts from the mollasses, rinsed and cleaned them in fresh water, and them put them in a warm place to dry.

[eddy8men]

that molasses worked a treat, i'll have to come over and have a look at your setup.

rick

[RichardT10829]

I had a nightmare. Mind I live right on the coast, lots of salt air !