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    Posted: 23 Jul 2021 at 7:58pm
Is it a safe "assumption" that the oil bath filter was due to the lack of a "dry" filter ? If so, were the model "T'S" in the early years filtered with the oil bath ? I recall "dumping " the canister on the WD, but not on the D17 (series 2)??
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Oil bath at the time was the best way.  I don't think the D17 had a dry filter till the series 3.  Maybe 4.  Series 2 is for sure oil bath.  Some say it's still the best at filtering air.
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Not sure I fully understand the question, but here goes: D-17 series 3 and 4 were dry type air filters as were D-15 series 2. Also D-19 and D-21's were dry type. ALL hundred series were dry type (160-170-175-180-185-190-190XT-200-210-220). Everything else is oil bath, as was your D-17 series 2.
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Originally posted by DrAllis DrAllis wrote:

Not sure I fully understand the question, but here goes: D-17 series 3 and 4 were dry type air filters as were D-15 series 2. Also D-19 and D-21's were dry type. ALL hundred series were dry type (160-170-175-180-185-190-190XT-200-210-220). Everything else is oil bath, as was your D-17 series 2.
 
Thanks, my ?? was mainly "was there no dry filter" technology previous to the mid 60's LOL
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I believe that the technology was there since most, if not all, automakers were using dry air filters by that time. Most likely was just an issue of acceptance and utilization of the technology. Oil bath air filters had been around for decades and used by everybody. Some just switched sooner than others.
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Oil bath air cleaners required more attention. Technically that oil cup was to be changed DAILY !!   Well, that never happened at our place !!!  Some dry types had an automatic dust unloader to make attention much less.
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Oil bath air cleaners worked pretty good. Probably a lot cheaper to maintain than the paper ones. Maybe a little less wasteful than the paper ones. Air filter on a big truck now is $80 to $150 dollars. Probably same for the big new tractors.
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I think the oil bath does a better job at dust collection but also thought daily cleaning was kinda ridiculous unless you was in a dusty field day in and day out disking or plowing. Buying cheap oil made it more practical. I certainly don’t change it that often on my WD especially if its not dirty. You would go through a lot of oil in a year if you go by the owners manual. I would compare it to my wife’s Rainbow vacuum cleaner that uses water as the filter. It does an incredible job of filtering dust/dirt in the tank. There is absolutely zero dust expelled back into the air as it cleans. Similar results with the oil bath. Actually a very well engineered way of keeping dirt out of the carb. Now I’m wondering, could water replace the oil? Or would it splash too much? Probably so since oil is heavier.
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The water would evaporate away in short order.
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In the days of model T's there were no oil or air filters
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The suction of air pulls the oil up into the screen, water would not cling to the screen which is what traps the dirt, then the dirt and oil fall back into the cup and the sinks to the bottom. That’s how I understand it to work.
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dang, I'm supposed to clean my air filter ??? lol...
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I've seen on some tractors, mainly pullers, where they have installed a paper filter in a cone shaped holder, with a rubber tube going to the carb.    Wouldn't that allow less air in?

When I was a kid we never had the air cleaner hooked up on our WC.  It was our primary tillage tractor.  That thing ran like a tank.  I started driving it when I was 10, and we had it a few years before that, and we were still using it when I left for the AF at 19. 

It was a narrow front tractor and we had to drive it across the creek to get to other fields.  One location we had to drive up a steep bank at a diagonal.  That tractor never tipped over going up that bank, but it sure made me nervous. 
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There are no Air Filters on snow blowers because there is no dust in the air during use!  However, carburetors have additional shielding because of snow melting and turning to ice/water.  Also notice how sheet metal goes around the muffler to help "pre-heat" air for intake/carb. protection.  R. Musgrave
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I think the oil bath system is very good at filtering when maintained as recommended. However, probably due to it being a PITA, they were rarely well maintained.
Apparently, at one time, Ford felt oil bath was superior to paper filters. Way up into the 70s they offered an oil bath option for their heavy trucks that were used under heavy dust conditions.
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Thanks Brian , I was wondering when the auto industry went to paper air filters . Pretty sure the 1949 Caddy I used to drive was oil bath . Interesting post .
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Originally posted by Robert Musgrave Robert Musgrave wrote:

There are no Air Filters on snow blowers because there is no dust in the air during use!  However, carburetors have additional shielding because of snow melting and turning to ice/water.  Also notice how sheet metal goes around the muffler to help "pre-heat" air for intake/carb. protection.  R. Musgrave


Dust IS significantly lower when conditions are most likely snow, but the biggest reason, is that a snowblower, in operation, melts significant snow, and incoming air of the process is always extremely humid.  Apply a paper filter to a working snowblower, and you'll have a frozen filter in very short order.

The filter's job is to prevent abrasives from causing rapid internal engine wear... and any engine operating within 3000ft of the ground will be swallowing dust.  If you're wondering how abrasive soil is, look at the moldboard after you've pulled two rows... or fire up your chain saw, take a test cut in a tree limb, then stuff the nose of the bar into the dirt at full throttle, and try again... it'll be dulled instantly.

The oil-bath air cleaner is substantially more effective, at a lower restriction, than a paper filter of the SAME FILTRATION capacity.  Although it was much higher maintenance than a paper filter, the oil used in the bath need not be 'new' oil... it was often reclaimed from the crankcase.

The sump of An oil-bath filter will naturally allow atmospheric moisture (condensation) from both outside, and inside the engine to fall to the bottom, just like the sediment bowl under the fuel tank.  As long as that sump doesn't fill completely, the oil-bath filter will be just fine... but if it fills, and the ambient temp falls below freezing, the engine won't start.  LOL

The reason why the oil-bath filter went away in automotive, and the paper filter took over, was because the automotive application didn't work as hard as the agricultural, didn't work in as dusty an environment, and didn't need to last as long.

Neither my '24 Model T, nor my '29 Ford A pickup have ANY air filter... but one COULD purchase one for the A as an accessory.... but disposable paper filters weren't particularly known then.  Instead, the filter consisted of a wire basket, around which one would wrap oil-dampened cotton cloth.  It was necessary to make regular mixture adjustments to compensate for the restriction, but on a Model A, one simply reached over to the passenger side and turned the choke knob a little.

Neither the Model T, nor Model A Ford had air (or oil) filters, as the leader's 'edict' stated neither 'needed' air filters. It was considered acceptable by the designers for these engines to get 'minor overhauls' averaged every 4 to 6,000 miles... about 250 hours.

As time went on, longer intervals became expected.  Military engines fitted with filtration proved the concept to millions of GIs.  Metallurgy improved, and protective plating processes appeared.  Adding filters was a simpl, quick and easy way to extend the MTBOH... and the manufacturer took advantage of the circumstance by up-selling dealer service to include filters into the oil change package.  To improve the margin even more, they invented specially-fitted filters so that a 'standard industrial' filter system couldn't be used... and then contracted major manufacturers with 'sole source/exclusive sourcing' contract to make the special filters available only through dealers, so that aftermarket supply wouldn't exist.

Which sounds suspicously familiar... and I hear the song "everything old is new again'  playing in the background...


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It was considered acceptable by the designers for these engines to get 'minor overhauls' averaged every 4 to 6,000 miles... about 250 hours.

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Originally posted by SteveM C/IL SteveM C/IL wrote:

In the days of model T's there were no oil or air filters
 OUCH !! what was the "protection" for them ??
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Our 1967 Ford pickup with a 352 cu in V8 used a oil bath air cleaner. In our D17 and WD's they were a good way to use up used oil.
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Originally posted by caledonian caledonian wrote:

Our 1967 Ford pickup with a 352 cu in V8 used a oil bath air cleaner. In our D17 and WD's they were a good way to use up used oil.
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Early Fordsons used water bowl air cleaners. Problem is people forgot to drain them and the bowls cracked in the winter. Oil was an improvement unless the cup filled with water sitting outside. Didn't bust the cup but did cause it to rust out with time.
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My 1956 Pontiac is oil bath. I think air flow to the size of the oil bowl was the limiting factor. For example when a M & W turbo was installed on a Farmall 560 a dry air filter was recommended. Likely why the D19 was always a dry filter.
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Where does one find a new air filter for D17 series 2. I found some online but not sure if they would work. Most filters say it would work on SN 4000 and up. My tractor SN is 3052
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At D-17 serial number 42,001 and up they used a horizontally mounted "dry-type" air cleaner/filter. This was used on series 3 and 4 models. Your tractor should have a vertically mounted oil-bath design.  You want the whole oil-bath air cleaner assembly ??
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