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Old 12-04-2015, 07:03 AM
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Todd,

My original is a fairly late one built in 63.. it has the dry element..... I have heard before that they figured out the oil bath air cleaners were not doing the job and dirt was getting thru.. either IH or Kohler specified that they be changed to dry filters.. Not sure if this story is true or not.. but the original owner of my original swears it came with the dry filter..

Maybe Lew or somebody else has some better or more concrete info
To the best of my knowledge all Originals came with the oil bath air cleaner. I have had a couple late '63's and they all had the oil bath on them. The dry filter came starting with the model 70.
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