Air cleaner decals

[Ron Pier]

Is that filter standard fitment on a MK2 *? Mine just has a standard cap. Mike if you haven't already ordered the air filter sticker from LwD, could you order two and we can share the postage. Cheers Ron

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ron Pier

Is that filter standard fitment on a MK2 *? Mine just has a standard cap.

Hello Ron, see the link I posted above: "In 1941, a Service Bulletin announced that a Oil Bath filter was introduced for "Heavy duty service in dusty conditions"." So it wasn't a standard fitment.

[Ron Pier]

Thanks Hanno. I did read through your link, but wondered if carriers came into the frame as it being an essential fitting. I'll leave mine as it is as it marked for Europe anyway. Cheers Ron

[Mike Gurr]

The help available from this forum never fails to amaze me. Jordan, well spotted and many thanks. Ron - yes will do and Hanno, I don't know about standardisation as every Carrier seems to be slightly different. A friend of mine has a carrier same mark as mine and only 3 months apart from mine in build date but has various differences. His has a bypass oil filter which mine does not, each Carrier has different fire extinguisher brackets etc etc whether they started life the same and have had changes to some parts since is most likely or maybe the parts fitted did vary from month to month even when new. so far as anecdotal evidence has it the crankcase air filter has always been on my carrier but who knows as that 'evidence' certainly does not go back all the way to 1944. Variety is the spice of life!!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Gurr

Variety is the spice of life!!

Indeed Mike, and that is what makes this hobby so interesting!

[Mike Gurr]

Absolutely. While waiting for the new decals to arrive does anyone have an original picture of the decal on the large air cleaner as I am not sure where it should be positioned?

[Lynn Eades]

Mike I have a united specialties breather that has two tags one from Ford of Canada and the other with a Ford part number. I assume United Specialties was a subsidiary of Ford? I don't know that these were supplied as a carrier part, but assume they were used "across the board" where an oil bath breather was specified. Nigel Watson's book talks about the alarmingly short engine life of Carrier engines in the desert and assume the oil baths were adopted then?
My Canadian Commercial parts book specifies "C11AS 6766 D Cap - oil bath breather assy (when Hydro vent specified) "Push in type". Fitted from 3/41. There was also a screw in type.

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Mike Gurr

Absolutely. While waiting for the new decals to arrive does anyone have an original picture of the decal on the large air cleaner as I am not sure where it should be positioned?

Hi Mike,

Not sure if carrier and Ford CMP trucks used the same decal but here is an original air filter decal on a NOS CMP truck carburettor air cleaner, the large "Honeypot" type.

The gold background is different to most aftermarket air cleaner decals which are yellow, as is "Made in Canada". Most ones have "Made in USA" for the US market. That is the type I used on the restored CMP air cleaner shown.

I made the artwork for the Canadian version but getting gold decal paper is costly. Likewise getting permission to use the "Ford" logo opens up legal issues I am not willing to pursue so I shelved the idea of making them.

Cheers,