Air Filter - Part Deux

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The first attempt at a replacement air filter (see the blog entry here) has worked fine but Mark noticed that the cloth part of the filter hasn’t survived too well as you can see in the photo on the left

 

While we were out for a ride today, Mark picked up a set of “Splatter screens” from B&M for £1.29 and has made up a replacement inner part of the filter by cutting out two circular elements and mounting them at approximately 45º to each other to form a diagonal mesh.

 

He has been very careful with big, heavy scissors and managed to cut out both the circles from the larger splatter screen. There is still room for a third circle from the larger screen so not that I’m tight or anything but I’ll be able to make a replacement for mine from the same set. Cushty.

 

 

Air filter

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Mark's C15 doesn't have a pancake air filter fitted so we needed to think about how to make one given that trying to find a second-hand one on ebay is more difficult than getting me to open my wallet. No, I'm not tight-fisted - I'm just trying to breed a new form of moth that has never seen daylight.





Anyway - I was reluctant to let Mark remove the stereo speaker grilles from my Morris Marina (orange with a black vinyl top - tasty) but we spotted some malleable kitchen sink filters in a local emporium.




After cutting two sheets to shape - using the air filter from my C15 as a template - and sandwiching part of my wife's black scarf, (I hope she doesn't start reading this blog...), I came up with this little beauty that we'll fit before the weekend.