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Subject: Re: Changing type three air filter and oil strainer

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nidge

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Date Posted: 17:45:41 12/02/05 Fri
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In reply to: miketyp3 's message, "Re: Changing type three air filter and oil strainer" on 10:48:10 11/30/05 Wed

>>About a year ago i bought a 1970 model t3 squareback
>>for my first car. I may be mistaken but the oil bath
>>air filter and wash out oil strainer seemed a little
>>primitive and in need of replacement. I was just
>>wondering what other people have done to up grade
>>these parts. I was thinking about hooking up a high
>>flow pod air filter to each carbie. Is that a good
>>option? And is the original oil strainer effective
>>enough in filtering the oil? Any advice or past
>>experiences would be great.
>
>"I may be mistaken but the oil bath air filter and
>wash out oil strainer seemed a little primitive and in
>need of replacement"
>
>It's managed with it for the last 30 years...;o)
>
>Mike.

you can get twin pancake air filters for twin carb models but like Mike says the original system works well so why change it? As for the oil strainer - as long as you clean it at each oil change you won't have a problem.

cheers

Nidge.

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