[Healeys] Fwd: 100 air cleaners.

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Proper British design!!
Kees Oudesluijs

Op 10-8-2023 om 12:40 schreef jomar healey via Healeys:
> Computer design flaw?  😱
>
> On Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 01:39:27 AM EDT, Michael Salter 
> <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Okay,  so back to the original question.
> How come the filter blocks off the engine breather tube?
>
> M
>
> On Wed., Aug. 9, 2023, 12:01 p.m. Jean Caron, 
> <vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Michael,
>     I have the same type of elements in the BN2 I am currently restoring.
>
>     Jean
>
>
>
>     Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada’s largest network.
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of
>     Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, August 9, 2023 7:11:33 AM
>     *To:* healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
>     *Subject:* [Healeys] Fwd: 100 air cleaners.
>     Hi John,
>     This is the element that I'm talking about.  It is a cleanable
>     type and is what was in this car with less than 30K miles.
>     The elements have a "rubber" ring on each side and the filter
>     medium in somewhat like a pot scrub.
>     Is that not the original type?
>     M
>
>     On Wed., Aug. 9, 2023, 5:02 a.m. john harper,
>     <ah100tech at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         Michael
>
>         I cannot be sure but it looks as if this is fitted with a dry
>         filter element. The originals had an oil-wetted element that
>         had to be washed out in paraffin from time to time and then
>         re-wetted. Rather messy.
>
>         I don't have a filter to hand but perhaps the wetted type did
>         not block the breather pipe.
>
>         All the best
>
>         On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 at 05:22, Michael Salter
>         <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>             This picture shows an original BN1/2 front air cleaner
>             back plate and an original air filter element.
>             Interestingly when this unit is assembled the "O" ring of
>             the element almost completely blocks off the engine
>             breather tube in the back plate which renders the engine
>             breather system inoperative.
>             Bit odd?
>
>             M
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