414TATA Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I had this post ready to go and lost it in cyber space. Hope this is not a double post.I have a '41 with dual carbs. Is there a way to get rid of the oil bath and keep the cleaner using some other material to filter the intake air? I am just trying to get away from the mess of cleaning the filter. I may have to live with it as I don't plan to change the housing part of the cleaner.Any suggestions will help.Thanks in advance. Your guys are great:)Also curious about what other parts of the country (world) are paying today for gas.I just paid $4.07 per gallon in Central Calif. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidAU Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 $1.38 per Litre = $5.22 per US gallon in Brisbane, Australia this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 About $3.50 per gallon in WA... I suggest you keep the oil bath air cleaner and use the spray oil that K&N uses to coat their filters...My $0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grant Magrath Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I agree with Mark.NZ$2.09 per litre in Christchurch, NZ. I'm no mathmatician, so don't ask me to work out what that is, but NZ$1.00 is worth 83 cents right now.CheersGrant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadetree77 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Paid $3.54 an hour north of Atlanta, GA today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) NZ$2.09 per litre in Christchurch, NZ. I'm no mathematician, so don't ask me to work out what that is, but NZ$1.00 is worth 83 cents right now3.78 Litre = 1 US GallonSo that is US6.56 per US gallon Edited February 16, 2012 by 1939_buick (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WEB 38 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 3.24 in Plymouth IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macmic87 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I had this post ready to go and lost it in cyber space. Hope this is not a double post.I have a '41 with dual carbs. Is there a way to get rid of the oil bath and keep the cleaner using some other material to filter the intake air? I am just trying to get away from the mess of cleaning the filter. I may have to live with it as I don't plan to change the housing part of the cleaner.Any suggestions will help.Thanks in advance. Your guys are great:)i did not have the proper element for the oil bath filter and decided to try to get a paper filter to work. i made a couple of "disks" to center the new filter and also allow proper air flow. drove the car all last summer and worked very well. unfortunately i do not have any pics of this and the car is in winter storage at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
414TATA Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Thanks for the idea on the air filter.Guess I will stop complaining about the cost of gas Wayne1941 Super 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
414TATA Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 i did not have the proper element for the oil bath filter and decided to try to get a paper filter to work. i made a couple of "disks" to center the new filter and also allow proper air flow. drove the car all last summer and worked very well. unfortunately i do not have any pics of this and the car is in winter storage at this time.Thanks for the idea.Nice Buick! When I was 5 years old my family had one like it in Black.That's the car that started my love affair with '41 Buicks:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 We pay $ 2.2 for 1 litre=$ 8.33 a gallon. Leif in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYER15015 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 As of 2/18/12 Gas is $3.03 in the "mountains" and $ 2.89/ gal in Denver.A good Fram paper filter should not be hard to rig up inside your filter.Or.... you could do what we did when we raced or old '52 Plymouth back in the '50's.We filled the old oil bath air cleaner with Naptha (from the local dry cleaners) just before the race. The first turn got real exciting when it slopped over into the carb. Now they use Nox...mike in Colorado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macmic87 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 the napa air filter part# is 6641NAPA AUTO PARTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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