I have a 68 bug with the original (or original style) air cleaner on my Bug. You know, the oil based one with the "wings" on either side.
I was doing the usual maintenance stuff today which included putting some fresh oil in there when I noticed an unusual amount of debris. At first I nearly panicked, because the oil was full of what looked like engine shavings. Of course I was a little confused about how they could have been blown through the top of the carbuerator, and into the oil.
But, it seems that the air cleaner has a metal mesh inside that ovular tub that resembles steel wool. Mine is falling apart! Likely, it's old and rotten in there.
So here is the dumb question ... can I pull this thing apart and replace the mettle mesh stuff? It looks like it should pry apart, but I gave a push with a flathead screwdriver and it didn't look like it was seperable. I don't think I could be so lucky as to find a replacement for the intake unit ... and I don't want to swap it out with a paper filter. I like the stock oil tub. It works!!
-Steve Ballantyne