Bob,
Paraffin is "english" for kerosine. You can swish the element around
in a bucket of kero, then shake it out and let dry. The oil bath was
_the_ filter for years and years. As long as hood lines were high and
impressive, there was room for them.
One wonders if the reason for change to the paper filters was to obtain
better air filtration or a way to lower hood heights.
Maybe the test for that would be to swish a paper element of known
miles in paraffin and to do the same with the oil bath filter from a car
with same miles on it, and look at the sediment in the bottom of the
buckets.
Bob
Anyone in the market for a pair of Vokes-Guildford TF filters? I was
using these but changed back to the oil bath unit for my TD.
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:08:50 EST BobMGT@aol.com writes:
>How does one clean the air filter element on a TD? The manual just
>says
>"clean in paraffin". What is paraffin? (It must have a different
>meaning in
>England.) If I had a bucket of paraffin, would I submerge the filter
>and let
>it soak overnight? Is this oil-bath type air filter common on antique
>cars?
>
>Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
>EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
>52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
>71 MGB - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
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