leafman60
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Okay, another little helpful hint. Wanna improve the air filtration of your stock steel-wool/oil air cleaner ? Read on.
The stock air cleaner on the Civilian NFalc is Dellorto version of one of those delightful period pieces with steel wool that you saturate with oil to catch contaminants.
I thought I'd look for a modern paper or gauze filter but was unable to locate the proper 3 7/8 inch diameter size with the proper height before I realized I'd like to just keep the original ole-timey filter.
Then I remembered the little "pre-filter" foam wraps used on many small engines and auto applications. As luck would have it, during a visit to my local Lowe's Home Improvement Store store today, I found a Briggs and Stratton pre-filter that fits and works perfectly on the small round stock civilian air cleaner. The thing slips right over and fits neatly inside the louvered aluminum cover.
The stock air cleaner on the Nuovo Falcone Civile (darn, I just now noticed that little dent in one of my louvers) -
The inside old-fashioned steel filter-
The Briggs pre-filter #796254 -
The Briggs and Stratton fitted over the stock cleaner element-
Cover re-installed -
The stock air cleaner on the Civilian NFalc is Dellorto version of one of those delightful period pieces with steel wool that you saturate with oil to catch contaminants.
I thought I'd look for a modern paper or gauze filter but was unable to locate the proper 3 7/8 inch diameter size with the proper height before I realized I'd like to just keep the original ole-timey filter.
Then I remembered the little "pre-filter" foam wraps used on many small engines and auto applications. As luck would have it, during a visit to my local Lowe's Home Improvement Store store today, I found a Briggs and Stratton pre-filter that fits and works perfectly on the small round stock civilian air cleaner. The thing slips right over and fits neatly inside the louvered aluminum cover.
The stock air cleaner on the Nuovo Falcone Civile (darn, I just now noticed that little dent in one of my louvers) -
The inside old-fashioned steel filter-
The Briggs pre-filter #796254 -
The Briggs and Stratton fitted over the stock cleaner element-
Cover re-installed -