Some fuel filters slightly less than ideal.

Check out his paragraph about fuel filter fit a little ways down. It got me wondering...



http://www.nf6x.net/…/m44-series-truck-parts-cross-referen…/

I think what he's picking on is the fit of the center cork gasket on the spring loaded cup on the stem in the can.

The suspense was killing me, so I went and ripped a secondary can off my deuce.

I have Baldwin PF902s from Erik's Military Surplus - CENTER filter in pic.

The metal lip in the middle of the Wix 33512 filter I removed previously - RIGHT - does overlap the cork and the spring cup sits partially on that metal lip so sealing is kinda metal to metal which is less than ideal, BUT the cup isn't sealed to the rod anyway...


Another shot of the WIX I removed with the cup held up to it.

A variety of filters from Eastern Surplus' Ebay store. All these look like they would seal pretty good. Unfortunately, they don't say which is which brand.


Long story short, probably not a big deal, but it doesn't give me a warm fuzzy that the cup doesn't seal to the shaft or the filter down where all the junk settles to. I doubt the injection pump and injectors are very tolerant of junk getting in them.

At least one spin-on would probably not hurt. I think I will stick with Baldwin for now, better end seal and slightly smaller micron filtering.

Wix fuel filter 33540 is supposed to be 6 micron as well.

Baldwins I got from Erik's

http://www.eriksmilitarysurplus.com/m3m54ensefuf.html

Fleetguard FF111 looks good, rubber end seals.

http://www.amazon.com/FLEETGUARD-FUEL-FILTER-FF110-Xref/dp/B00CC313RW

C1175PL (Fram) Looks good too.

Fram's website has crossovers for many other brand's numbers.

The cup goes the other way so it cuts into the cork or rubber. So to be correct you would install in the canister first. washer, spring, washer, o ring, dish up then filter.

And don't forget the cotter pin in the bolt that washer #10 rests on. I have found many missing

The ten micron secondary and six micron final correct filters can be had at NAPA but you have to buy the canister o rings as the one that are in with the filters are not correct.

Well, now I am somewhat embarrassed.

Gonna go see if I can email that guy and set him straight.

Pretty sure his name is Marc and he is here on SS.

DavidWymore said:

Well, now I am somewhat embarrassed.

Gonna go see if I can email that guy and set him straight.

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No worries as if someone else put them together wrong how would you know when you took it apart. I have seen more than a hand full put together wrong. That is why everyone that gets a truck should change and check there filters as soon as they get them.
You want embarrassed my memory is going as I forgot a friends name that lived with me for 2 years only one year ago. Hope it is not the on set of Alzheimers as my Dad had that crap.

Floridianson said:

No worries as if someone else put them together wrong how would you know when you took it apart. I have seen more than a hand full put together wrong. That is why everyone that gets a truck should change and check there filters as soon as they get them.
You want embarrassed my memory is going as I forgot a friends name that lived with me for 2 years only one year ago. Hope it is not the on set of Alzheimers as my Dad had that crap.

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They have some good new drugs that help for Alzheimers now. My father-in law has it and he's taking one of the new drugs and it is helping a lot. Also if you take up learning a foreign language they say that helps too. Makes your neurons make up new pathways. I try and play a game of chess every night.

rustystud said:

I try and play a game of chess every night.

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I play with my chess or my girlfriends chess everynight! Oh wait, you spelled chest wrong.

gimpyrobb said:

I play with my chess chest .

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Now I have a picture in my head of Gimp sitting there
tweaking on his own nipples!

Haha!

gimpyrobb said:

Haha!

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My eyes ! my eyes ! They burn !!!!!!

I don't know after a bottle of Crown might be looking pretty good and think I have done worse.
Since I am loosing my memory I will have forgotten by the next day anyway.
That's the good thing with Alzheimers meet the same old new people every day.

Floridianson said:

Since I am loosing my memory I will have forgotten by the next day anyway. That's the good thing with Alzheimers meet the same old new people every day.

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That means We All can borrow stuff from You every other day and never bring it back?

So...after just doing filters on my '70, primary cup is open end up to bite in to filter seal, I think the secondary and final cones are small end up. Flipped over, they are too tight to get mounted.