196ci Air Cleaner

[Hoss Scout]

So i was looking @ this last night and wondering can you put a regular air cleaner on this or do you have to run this......?
It's a single barrel holley carb, also then just plug off the hole running from the oil filler neck.

[fredsterra]

You can use an aftermarket dry air cleaner on find and assy. from a later model 196. For the aftermarket you would need to match or adapt to the air intake on your carb.

I would run the hose to the bottom of the dry cleaner. That is you crankcase vent. If you were to plug it off you would build up pressure and blow a seal or gasket.

They make the little K&N looking filters you could adapt for it. Most of the chain store have them. And most aftermarket cleaners have a knock out to run the vent to.

[Mark Pietz]

I had a 1965 and upgraded to a 196, just like this. I ditched the oil bath cleaner and went to a boneyard and scrounged a paper element style from an old Ford with a 1bbl. It even had the pellet style thermostat to open the snorkel, and I ran the thin metal hose from the commonplace heat stove tin found on the side of the V8s. The only mod I needed was cutting a piece of PVC tubing to serve as an adaptor between the Holley 1920 and the air cleaner (basically just a stub a couple inches tall, if that. Real easy).

[Hoss Scout]

Ok do you take everything off the flange of the carb like so and measure from corner to corner? That's 2 1/4"

Or do you keep this piece on and measure from corner to corner on this? Cause this is what hold the air filter to the carb. It doesn't have a stud like normal carbs do in the middle. From side to side this measures 2"

[Mark Pietz]

The 1940(?) Holley carb that was on my 1980 196 mounted the correct air cleaner onto the base as depicted in the first pic. There's a "bail" that straddles those two upright pieces and a mounting stud comes up out of the center of that. That stuff is boxed up or I'd take a pic of it for you (engine's all apart).

When I did the Ford air cleaner thing, I used the adaptor you show (with the stud in the middle) and cut down a piece of PVC pipe to serve as a spacer that slid down on that smaller diameter you've marked out. Can't help you beyond that. Best thing to do is find a Scout l-bbl air cleaner. But definitely ditch the oil bath!

[Doc Stewart]

I used a paper element filter from an IH "Commanche" six. Mounted right on the carb as in your second picture.

[Hoss Scout]

Found one!! Mr Gasket part # 4352 if anyone else wants to know!!

[BioTex]

Post a picture please!

[Hoss Scout]

I'd like to filter to be a little taller but thats what it came w/ it.

[fredsterra]

Make sure and vent your crankcase. You don't have room on that style air cleaner.

You will want to filter it. To keep dirt out of the crankcase.