I'm a fan of inline filters. A gravity filter that works and will flow enough fuel for a top fuel motorcycle can be had but is totally unnecessary for a old tractor. Any off the shelf filter at a motorcycle shop designed for the older carburated motorcycles will work in this application. I use the glass and metal style with replaceable innards. It comes in a number of line diameters. I'm not a fan of the solid plastic cone type filter. They are pretty restrictive due to a fine micron rating. These old tractors don't need the dust filtered out like a new engine does. 15-20 microns is more than enough filtration compared to a brass screen. My Harley running at six grand will use more fuel than my M at 1200rpm that's for sure! My gas tank only holds five gallons of fuel at about three inches or so above the carb inlet. Compare the head pressure there to the pressure of 25 gallons of fuel at about eight inches plus above the fuel inlet in a M or H. The main problem with inline filters is most of them at auto parts stores are designed for lawn tractors with very low flow. Go to a independent motorcycle shop not a dealer and get a filter for a carbed motorcycle if you really want one that works . ...Randy
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Today's Featured Article - Oil Bath Air Filters - by Chris Pratt. Some of us grew up thinking that an air filter was a paper thing that allowed air to pass while trapping dirt particles of a particles of a certain size. What a surprise to open up your first old tractor's air filter case and find a can that appears to be filled with the scrap metal swept from around a machine shop metal lathe. To top that off, you have a cup with oil in it ("why would you want to lubricate your carburetor?"). On closer examination (and some reading in a AC D-14 service manual), I found out that this is a pretty ingenious method of cleaning the air in the tractor's intake tract.
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