Cat Thirty dry air cleaner conversion.

Bruce P

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Good morning all. I recently got Dick Lloyds Thirty running. One of the last things to button up was the air cleaner. Dick had searched high and low for the proper air cleaner, but it was an absolute mess inside. So I decided to convert it to a dry type. I got dimensions from the can and looked through Napas book and found a good candidate. It was a common filter that they had in stock. Building the stuff inside was pretty strait forward and it turned out pretty nice.

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Sat, Jun 3, 2023 9:55 PM

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Wow, that was a mess! Nice work, probably gain ten more hp now too, lol.

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Sat, Jun 3, 2023 10:01 PM

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Wow, that was a mess! Nice work, probably gain ten more hp now too, lol.

Bruce, very nice work and a clever solution. The original was certainly beyond salvage!

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Sat, Jun 3, 2023 11:30 PM

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Bruce, very nice work and a clever solution. The original was certainly beyond salvage!

Very Nice job Bruce
When one looks at those air cleaners, it is truly a wonder they even ran, all the dirt that went through the carburetor and engine!
I am sure the dry element will help a lot!

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Sun, Jun 4, 2023 1:19 AM

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All buttoned up.

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Sun, Jun 4, 2023 8:23 AM

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All buttoned up.

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Brilliant work on a good looking 30

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Sun, Jun 4, 2023 8:31 AM

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All buttoned up.

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3-14"s and some stack talk now Bruce!
Looking good!
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Sun, Jun 4, 2023 8:32 AM

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3-14"s and some stack talk now Bruce!
Looking good!
cts

Another job WELL DONE BP! Your friend Mr. Lloyd is probably looking down and smiling now. Time to stretch its legs and shine up the track pads. Let's have your ace video crew film you while you are barking along with an implement. I am sure us lurkers would enjoy it. Great for some more YouTube content as well. Congrats. JM

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Sun, Jun 4, 2023 9:09 PM

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Another job WELL DONE BP! Your friend Mr. Lloyd is probably looking down and smiling now. Time to stretch its legs and shine up the track pads. Let's have your ace video crew film you while you are barking along with an implement. I am sure us lurkers would enjoy it. Great for some more YouTube content as well. Congrats. JM

Bruce
Your well versed videographer and crew will be happy to "film" you providing you give them their due credit!
Looking forward to a video of the Thirty and Sixty working side by side, I am sure you can find an operator for either one of them so you can have them talking to each other with a load!

As Mr. Juiceman stated - WE ARE WAITING!

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Sun, Jun 4, 2023 10:41 PM

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Bruce
Your well versed videographer and crew will be happy to "film" you providing you give them their due credit!
Looking forward to a video of the Thirty and Sixty working side by side, I am sure you can find an operator for either one of them so you can have them talking to each other with a load!

As Mr. Juiceman stated - WE ARE WAITING!

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Very nice!!!

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Mon, Jun 5, 2023 7:19 PM

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Nice looking machine 👍🏻
You have a close up shot of the precleaner?
I see all that crap that came out of your original filter; Is it decomposed cork, or just dust ?
I recently cleaned the crankcase breather on a D47U engine we’re working on. I thought I had all the junk washed out in the parts washer but noticed all this fell out when tapping it on the bench after drying out.
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