Air cleaners and parts forM54

[Monty]

I have a 1958 M54 with the gas engine, It runs rough so I pulled the air duct from the air cleaner to the carb off and started it, and it runs way better. I removed the oil bath air cleaner soaked it in parts cleaner and let it dry. Is this all you have to do to it besides adding oil to the bottom pan.
Can I convert over to a paper element filter? Maybe one off of a diesel 5ton?

thanks for anyones help
Chad

 

[acetomatoco]

The oil bath air cleaner is the better unit...has lasted 60 years with only routine maintenance... see your Lube Order...I sure would not want to keep changing out dry filters which have no civilian equivalent. Be sure to use engine oil in the filter and do not fill above the line... Check to be sure that your choke is all the way off and that the anti Dieseling valve in the big Holley is functioning right... You need to clean the fuel filter once in a while too....

 

[Monty]

Re: RE: Air cleaners and parts forM54

The oil bath air cleaner is the better unit...has lasted 60 years with only routine maintenance... see your Lube Order...I sure would not want to keep changing out dry filters which have no civilian equivalent. Be sure to use engine oil in the filter and do not fill above the line... Check to be sure that your choke is all the way off and that the anti Dieseling valve in the big Holley is functioning right... You need to clean the fuel filter once in a while too....

Thank You I just picked this truck up and I'm looking for any/all information that I can get on it.
I'll check the things you recomended tonight, I have to get the manuels since I don't have any. I did look through the ones on line here and I found some of the information that I needed.

When I first started it it runs good but under load it was missing and blowing black smoke out the exhaust. After it was warmed up and I shut it down, it wouldn't start again. Once it cooled down it started and ran fine, I shut it down and removed the intake tube, started it again and it ran better. I didn't drive it around since there was no air filtration but it did sound crisper when it was reved up.
Can you use a standard timing light to check the timing?

thanks again;

Chad