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ENGINE FUEL AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS
ADJUSTMENTS-REPLACEMENTS
3-11
BLOW
THROUGH
TOP OPENINGS
TO
CLEAN STRAINER
b. Cleaning Carter Ceramic Type Gasoline
Filter
1. Loosen bowl retainer screw, swing bowl
retainer to
one
side and remove bowl
, ceramic
strainer, and spring. See figure 3-11.
2. Wash strainer and bowl in Bendix Car-
buretor Cleaning
Solvent,
or its equivalent, and
rinse in
kerosene,
distillate, or white
gasoline.
Direct air stream against inside surface of
strainer to force dirt from outside surface.
3. Install strainer, spring, and bowl, using a
new bowl gasket.
c. Cleaning AC Paper-Edge Type Gasoline
Filter
1. Remove bowl and
strainer
and clean
these
parts in
gasoline.
Agitate the strainer in gaso-
line to loosen dirt.
2. Gently blow through openings in top of
strainer to for ce dirt out from between paper
laminations. See
figure 3-12
.
Do not blow
against outside of
strainer.
3.
Install strainer and
bowl.
Figure 3-12-AC Paper-Edge Gasoline Filter Strainer
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GASKET
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SCREW
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SPRING
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3-9 CLEANING GASOLINE FILTERS AND
STRAINERS
The bowl and
strainer on the low-
er end of fuel pump
and the gasoline fil-
ter located at car-
buretor inlet collect
dirt and water
which should be
cleaned out periodi-
cally, at least twice
a year. The fine
mesh cylindrical
strainer located in
the carburetor inlet
should be cleaned if
fuel supply to car-
buretor appears to
be restricted.
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a. Cleaning Fuel
Figure 3-10-Fuel Pump Gasoline
Pump Gaso-
Filter-Disassembled
line Filter
1. Use Z-shaped Wrench KMO 655 to remove
screw and gasket then remove bowl, gasket,
and strainer from lower end of fuel
pump.
See
figure
3-11.
2. Wash strainer and sediment bowl in Ben-
dix Carburetor Cleaning Solvent, or its equiva-
lent, to remove all traces of dirt and gum, then
rinse in kerosene, distillate, or white gasoline.
Gently blow through strainer with air
hose.
3. Use new bowl and screw gaskets when
reinstalling strainer and bowl
,
to insure against
gasoline leakage. Tighten bowl screw securely.
Figure 3-11-Carter Ceramic Type Gasoline Filter-Sectional View
Figure
3-13-Removal
of Strainer-Carter Carburetor
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