GLASS BOWL ON FUEL FILTER REMOVAL

[buick special]

Guys

A quick question

 

How do you remove the glass bowl on the fuel filter of a 1940 special?

 

most of the old filters I have worked on have a knurled screw on them

 

This one has a spring doohicky

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2017 by buick special (see edit history)

[Larry Schramm]

You should be able to slide the bale with the spring on it off to the side to remove the glass bowl.

[Terry Wiegand]

Photos are really nice to show what a person is talking about.  I don't think that I'd know what a 'doohicky' is without having one shown and described for me.

 

Terry Wiegand

Out Doo Dah Way

[Guest]

In the obscure illustrated dictionary "doohickey" is nine pages ahead of "muckett" which I am sure you do know is part of a Goose's Bridle and sixteen pages before "thingamajig" which is three pages before "whatsit".

[buick special]

exactly  

[Terry Wiegand]

You guys are funnier than a rubber crutch in a polio ward!

 

Terry Wiegand

Doo Dah America

[buick special]

Hi Guys

I got the glass bowl off the ac filter and it is empty inside

 

is there suppose to be a screw in filter element inside the glass bowl ?

 

if so does anyone know the part number?

[GARY F]

No filter inside. It fills with gas when motor is running and collects sediment so it does not get in the carb.

[Guest]

We used to sell two types in the 60's and 70's when I was in GM parts.  We sold sediment bowls which were simply an inlet, an outlet and a glass bowl to catch sediment.  We also sold fuel filters (sediment bowl type) which had a ceramic (white) or metal (copper) filter and a spring to hold it up in place inside the bowl.  Some fuel pumps came either way as well.

[buick special]

thank you both for your replies

 

can I use a filter on a non filter bowl?

 

also is there suppose to be a metal washer / spacer on the bottom of the glass bowl where the bracket holds the bowl in place?

 

When I removed the bowl I noticed after I cleaned it that when I put it back on it did not tighten as though it needed a spacer on the bottom of the glass bowl

[BuickBob49]

Do you have a rubber gasket that goes between the top lip of your glass bowl and the metal cap? My Carter fuel strainer bowl has one.  There was a discussion thread on this topic several months ago.  NAPA carries at least two different gaskets--small and large.

Edited August 11, 2017 by BuickBob49
Grammatical (see edit history)

[Spinneyhill]

The idea of the bowl is that it acts as a stilling basin. Sediment is carried by moving fluid. When it enters the bowl the fluid basically stops and the sediment is dropped. Once at the bottom it is not picked up again because the fluid leaves at the top.

[Guest]

As BuickBob49 says there are two different size gaskets and several different size filters.  Here is an exploded picture of one type.  Do a Google search and you will fined hundreds of illustrations.