How do I open my Coffee can?

[splitjunkie]

I still don't think this is the greatest solution in the world.

1 Those filters are designed to seal on the ends of the orange rings, not the sides. I wouldn't feel confident that you are getting a 100% effective seal the way this will be installed especially with a dented up can as yours appears to be.

2 The diameter of the filter is just slightly smaller than the diameter of the can. The only spot where air will flow directly into the carb is right over the carb. Any other airflow will have to flow through the very narrow area between the outside of the filter pleats and the can. Most of the air will go through that one spot of the filter right above the carb since it is the path of least resistance and that is only a few square inches. That area will become dirty very quickly and more and more air will have to flow from the rest of the filter through the very tight space. This setup will become very restrictive very quickly.

3 It requires you to modify the can by removing the baffle. These filters are extremely expensive and will only continue to go up in price. Cutting out the baffle will lower the value and make it necessary to start checking them for this mod. However if enough people perform this mod it will probably create another replacement part that can be made by Virtanen, Wolf or Gerson.
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Chris

You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld

[roymartian]

You might have some good points, loathed to butcher an original T air cleaner - going to order a sock!

[splitjunkie]

Another thing about removing the baffle. I believe that it is there in case of a backfire from the carb. It is meant to diffuse the flame and prevent it from burning a hole in the sock. Take it out and the same thing could happen to the paper element.
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Chris

You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld

[roymartian]

Agree - not sure my re-engineering is better than Dr Porsche, will stick with a sock

[Brezelfahrer]

[splitjunkie]

This mod won't work well if at all.

Here is a test of how well it would work.

Take a piece of white bedsheet and clamp it over the end of a shop vac hose. Now duct tape this over the carb side of the coffee can filter. When you turn it on it will suck air through the filter then through the bedsheet. Anything that makes its way through the filter will get caught on the bedsheet.

Now take a couple of tablespoons of blue chalk dust like you use in a chalk line and throw it into the inlet on the filter.

You will be able to see how much made it through by looking at the bedsheet and after taking out the element you will be able where on the filter the chalk was sucked through.

I think you will find a lot of chalk on the bedsheet because the element won't seal correctly to the housing and that any chalk that was stopped by the filter would be in a very small area.
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Chris

You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld

[tisius]

So now we all have our socks on again?

Still no real modern solution?
The air cleaner says to "wash it" each 10k km, do you guys do that? And if so, what is the best way to clean that sock then?
Mine is all greasy and black , but I prefer White Sox (and the Cubs as well )
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