1942 Continental oil bath air cleaner

[lincolnold]

How do I take the air cleaner apart and remove and replace the filter element?  It appears to be press-fitted together.  Please advise, thanks.

[Mssr. Bwatoe]

welded together I imagine.......designed to be washed and re-oiled.

[larry butcher]

Find a large   plastic bucket, perhaps a drywall "mud bucket"( drywall compound).  Place the air cleaner canister in the bucket. Fill the bucket 

with #1  Kerosene . Cover over the top of the canister. Leave for a week, remove ,drain for a week Repaint if needed, Re-oil  the fiber mesh ,

fill the lower section up to line with  #30 motor oil. Install back on car.--- Good Luck

[19tom40]

Here is the procedure from the 1952 Lincoln service manual:

 

Oil Bath Air Cleaner
Check-Clean oil Filter before dirt has reached shelf. Wash in kerosene and drain.
Lubricant-Engine Oil
S.A E 50 temperature above +32 F.
S.A.E.  20 temperature below +32
Capacity- 1pint Fill to level as indicated
air cleaner