Oil Filter?

I got my engine back from the shop last week, and it seems they removed and tossed the oil filter. It looks to me that its an after market mod, and I have no Idea what to replace it with. Anyone recognize this? What would you recommend?

 

Most aftermarket filter bases take a Ford FL1A filter, but the gasket surface looks too big on yours. Looks like it would take a Chevy filter to me...

 

That would be the stock setup. IIRC, its a Fram PB50 or equivalent. That's what my '67 has. In the later years the F134 came with a spin on rather than the old style canister filter.

 

Mine appears to be exactly the same as yours (68 cj5, f head). Mine has a Purolator L30003 oil filter. That would be my best guess as a place to start.

Chuck

 

now if it was me .I would move it off engine and turn it upside down on fender well .and get high temperature oil hose .like P/S return hose . it would be less of mess when you change oil . its one of those things , after market , go to auto store and buy both ford /FL1A and chevy AC/ PF1218 . one of them is going to fit

 

OK so I need to pick up a Purolator L30003, Fram PB50F, Ford FL1A, and a AC/ PF1218 (I can just take the ones I don’t use back) and move the mount over to the fender. Is there a specific oil line I should use? Is there something better than rubber that might crack?
Thanks!

 

I found a set on ebay that were new rubber. I figured that the originals lasted 40 years, that the new ones would outlive me. If I had left the adapter on then engine, I would have used solid tube (like 1/4 brake line), but needed the flexible line since I moved the filter to the to the fender.

 

I've never had a problem with spilling oil when i remove the filter, the oil drains down and the filter is basically empty when you remove it.

 

I would leave it right where it is. But if you do get new oil lines do not get omix-ada . They crack and fall apart in a few months

 

That's the way mine works also. I was worries the first time I changed it but no problem.

 

Looks like the setup on my '65 and I use a Wix 51050. Also, see that curved piece of metal where the top of the filter will rest against? Put a big hose clamp around the filter and that thing. Holds the filter and assembly securely to the engine.

 

I have the exact same set-up as Steelwheels on my 1966 and no issue of a "large" spill when I took the filter out.

 

Mine is exactly same as yours. 67 f134. I use a NAPA Gold 1050.

 

Any Baldwin filter dealer can use the dimensions of the gasket face and the thread diameter and pitch to give you an exact match. I suppose other filter dealers can do the same if they are willing. My Baldwin dealer has always been very helpful.

 

if you do have a problem with spilling oil when you remove the filter all you have to do is puncture a hole in the filter top before draining the oil. that is what i do when i service marine engines that have the filter like that. but it should just empty by itself with gary gravity taking over when you pull the drain plug although slow.

 

I am painting one of those engines as we speak. I just took the oil filter off, mine has a Wix filter, and I cannot read the first numbers but the last two are 50. The thing you need to know is that filter does not leak oil al over the place even though it is upside down, it drains back and does not get oil ever where when removed. Second thing is I don't think you need to move it, it only filters the oil that is going on your timing gears.The rubber lines come from the oil galley at the front of your motor and goes to the filter, then it goes in the timing cover above the timing gears. Not all the oil is filtered, just the oil that goes on the timing gears is.
On the new motor I put in my Jeep I drilled into the oil pump and tapped it 1/4" pipe, ran an oil line to a finder mount oil filter and back to the block right above the oil pump, where I drilled and tapped the block 1/4" pipe, and returned the oil back to the galley filtered. To do this I had to block off the oil port in the pump so the oil was forced through the filter, it has worked for five years. Best of luck what ever you do, Rick Whitson.

 

Could always pull that adapter plate off and take it in with you to your local FLAPS and see if they will match a filter to it for you.