Air Cleaner

[john in la]

801 Diesel with the oil bath air filter mounted on side of hood.

I give up.
I need a new air cleaner.
Pre cleaner bowl is broken.
Leaks oil while engine is running.
If I leave it outside the cup gets full of water.
It looks cobbled together or bent brackets making it hard to get oil cup on and off.
Wire mesh is old and dirty needs replacing or cleaning.
I'm just fed up with this thing after years of fighting it.

Problem is I can not find a new one and it looks like the one off the 2000 4000 3 cyl tractors that you can buy new will not fit.
Throw me a bone guys. Give me some ideas.

 

[john in la]

 

[RickB]

There are 3 common sizes of Donaldson precleaner bowls, yours is the smallest. Why not just buy one and keep the water out? The oil bath units can be cleaned with a pressure washer, solvent or disassembly.

 

[grandpa Love]

I wonder if Tracy Brown has one?

 

[showcrop]

Slip a K&N over the intake where that rubber connector is. Don't forget the aerosol oil with it.

 

[Larry NCKS]

A K & N on a tractor that works in extremely dirty conditions??? Not me!

 

[cskent]

John, I have this same set up on an 881 that I'm working on, had a parts supplier order one it is donaldson USA made nice too much plastic for my way of thinking, but big improvement over your current look. part number on box of mine is h002040 might be sold on this site too. Good Luck.

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 05:50:23 10/12/20)
A K & N on a tractor that works in extremely dirty conditions??? Not me!

Now let's see here, when did the oil bath air filters get eliminated in favor of the paper filters? maybe 70 years ago?

 

[RayJohnson]

(quoted from post at 06:42:51 10/12/20) John, I have this same set up on an 881 that I'm working on, had a parts supplier order one it is donaldson USA made nice too much plastic for my way of thinking, but big improvement over your current look. part number on box of mine is h002040 might be sold on this site too. Good Luck.

 

[RayJohnson]

Opps..

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1271/6571/products/H002040_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1482503051

 

[crankyfranky]

(quoted from post at 15:58:28 10/11/20)
<img src="https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto59069.jpg">

i see you have the door in the hood for a standard oil bath. why don't you just get a new unit from this site and install under the hood?

 

[john in la]

I do not know if the gas oil bath under the hood would have enough flow for the diesel engine.

 

[john in la]

Thanks for the part number cskent.
I realize I can buy the pre cleaner but that does nothing for the leaking oil cup.
I have replaced the cup band in the past and that did no good.

I was hoping to find a way to adapt a 3 cylinder cleaner on here since they are available new.
Guess I will just take this one off and see what I can do to fix it.

 

[Larry NCKS]

(quoted from post at 08:43:15 10/12/20)

(quoted from post at 05:50:23 10/12/20)
A K & N on a tractor that works in extremely dirty conditions??? Not me!

Now let's see here, when did the oil bath air filters get eliminated in favor of the paper filters? maybe 70 years ago?

None of 'em were eliminated by K&N

 

[RickB]

Same displacement, same rpm, same flow requirement. That element is used on many Ford diesel applications.

 

[RickB]

Sorry, disrgard. Wrong thread.

 

[Dean]

Indeed, but that was for cost purposes.

Dean

 

[riveroadrat]

It seemed to me like there is supposed to be a seal on the oil pan. I was thinking about finding a large thin oring to put in there. Too bad someone doesn't make a snapon cover for when you leave them outside sometimes.

 

[Nyquil Junkie]

Too bad someone doesn't make a snapon cover for when you leave them outside sometimes.

I put a 5 gal bucket on mine. I put one on the exhaust stack as well before I toss a tarp over the whole machine.

 

[sotxbill]

worst case put a mushroom cap on top of the oil bath... problem solved.

 

[larry loy]

I have what you need