Tony, I pulled the oil bath air cleaner off of my 460 a few months back to clean it while I was having the engine rebuilt. I sat it upside down in a deep pan and filled the cleaner itself with mineral spirits and let it sit overnight. Some pretty gooey stuff came out when I poured it out. Using clean mineral spirits I filled it again, letting it sit for awhile. I did this several times until I was satisfied that all the goop was gone. To save a few $"s I filtered the used spirits through a paint strainer, after the initial soaking which I discarded, and reused it. Don"t use coffee filters, not porous enough, trust me on this. Ha-ha! I was amazed at what I found inside the filter medium after it was clean; quite a few well preserved ancient corn kernels and a few sunflower seeds, a few small stems and stubble too. I spent probably close to an hour or more just digging the foreign matter out of the filter. One thing I"ve discovered is that there is no end to the odd stuff you"ll find in and on a 50+ year old tractor. She"s good and clean now! I use a straight 30 weight oil in the oil bath. Happy tractoring & Good luck!
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