Re: RL160 filter change
开云体育Gary,You’re in for a lot of fun - that is a difficult and tiring job on your vintage of RL-160. ?Lots of disassembly required - 14” long fingers help. One thing you want to do for sure is to rip out and replace the gasket material that seals the filter to the machine chassis. ?You’ll probably discover that it’s rotted and in a disintegrating condition. ?Have a look here to see what I found: ?. ?I posted about one of the filter replacements in this post: ?/g/felderownersgroup/message/87565. ? I’ve done this filter change twice now, and the first time I used HD/Lowes stick-back foam, and that will not stand up. ?So the next time I got a higher grade foam strip material from McMaster to do the job and it’s held up well. ?This is the kind of stuff I used (may or may not be the specific product, but close): ? If you want to implement an autosweep setup, I recommend putting the pneumatic actuator inside the machine just above the debris bin. ?I put mine on the outside - details attached - and it works fine, but it would be a cleaner install to mount it inside the box if you are nimble enough to do that kind of work (I am no longer in that category). ?More details in the attached documents including parts, assembly, etc. ?Video on it’s operation is here: ? I have seen other posts here that have the actuators system inside the box, and some that even have time driven cycle controls using a PLC. ?There is also a long thread on modifications to improve (lower) the noise of the machine when running here: ?/g/felderownersgroup/topic/36265175#msg80377. ?There is stuff in the files section on this topic as well: ? Hope this helps. David Best DBestWorkshop@... https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidpbest/collections/ https://www.youtube.com/@David_Best
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