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Thinking outside the box time - remote oil filters

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I was at the junkyard yesterday and my buddy needed some FORD stuff, so we wondered to that section. They had a 4x4 expedition and a 4x4 F150, both late 90s models. The bumpers were removed from both these trucks. Mounted on the frame just behind what would be the bumper is a remote oil filter setup. This was a very slick setup. I plan to go back this week and cut one of them out and do something with it. lol. I wont mess with disconnecting it from the engine block itself as I wouldnt need that part. Ill just cut the hose close to the engine (give me more to work with).

Pics coming once I get it. Ill take pics of what it looks like mounted on the FORD. I figure itll cost me about 5bux from the pick and pull.

From what ive found out talking to Ford owners, their factory "on the block" oil filter is a PITA to get to. So for you ford guys, maybe this would be a good addition. Im sure the initial install would be a PITA, but afterwords, youd have a factory style remote oil filter system
 
This is something I've become very interested in doing myself, for the Blazer. With my new exhaust routing, it seems the factory location has just become a PITA lol.

Are there any factory Chevy trucks that came with something I can scavenge? Or would something new be a better idea anyway?

Thanks Bmix :)
 
If its needed its a good idea like if the filter is near hot exhaust parts or drops oil down on the frame or other things making a mess.Other than that I see it as one more potential leak in the future.My 89 minni jimmy had a remote setup and needed it but gm didn't give much thought about its location being behind the left side rad support making a huge mess every time I changed the filter.
 
ford did that for just a short time. bad place for hit and pop filter and spank motor.

and s-10 pickup / blazers had the remote unit.
 
get a kit, put it where YOU want it...:waytogo:
 
Amsoil makes one (a bypass) that is easy to hookup, the "sender" sandwiches between the filter and the block (five min install) and you mount the remote filter anywhere you like. :thumb:
 
remote mounts can be had for $15.. adapter too.... it's a dirt cheap mod..
 
I realize they can be had cheap. But I thought it was cool because it was a Factory Part and I can still get it pretty cheap and it wont look like your average remote oil cooler :D
 
Buying a GM specific remote filter mount would be better than having to tell the guy at the parts store that you need a Ford oil filter for your Chevy.
 
I was in my friend's shop the other day, and he was working on some kind of truck.
Not American.
Subaru, or maybe Land Rover. Didn't notice at the time.

It had a spin on oil filter mounted on a housing on the driver's side of the engine.
UPSIDE DOWN!
The closed end of the filter was sticking straight up!

I'm sorry. Factory warranty or not, that would last me exactly one oil change.
Then I would remote it.
 
welcome to my life...... :pimp:



80% of all Merc motors have it upside down... you can see it in this pic..

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I must change 237 of those a year...... :doah: god bless the Merc engineers.. :bow::rolleyes::haha:
 
yeah
that's fuking stupid
some import cars are like that, but not on the top of the motor like that merc

how much do those "engineers" get paid an hour?? pencil pushers
 
That is seriously idiotic. How do you handle it? Fast spin and toss with a mop-up afterward?

Or punch a small hole at the bottom side with a giant hypodermic hooked to a vacuum pump?

Since it looks like the base it screws into is slightly larger than the filter, I could design a sleeve that would have a elastic ring that would fit snug around that base but above that would be loose around the filter.
Then have a small drain tube at the bottom.

You could loosen the filter with a wrench, snap the sleeve around the base and reach in and remove the filter.
The oil would run into the sleeve, and out the drain.

Excess could be mopped out of the sleeve before it's removal
 
New Toyota trucks are just like that. All I could do was shake my head when I saw that one.

And I thought the 400 platform GMs were dumb with the filter diagonally and above the front driveline...
 
lots of those setups use a filter with no anti drain back valve so thay drain when engine off to protect from this.

toyota did a funnel suround and drain hole to catch it in if it does leak,.
 
correct..

only prob, or well, annoyance with it is when it's cold... which unfortunately is when the most oil changes are, in the fall before we put em away... reason being, we have to run em to thin em up a bit.. saves our vacuum pump and it's quicker..

not a big deal in the summer, boats been sitting and the filter is pretty empty, just a couple ounces in the top of the housing... i don't have to run it, the oil's thin enough... a rag around the base handles it easy...

in the winter when i've just warmed one up, same method, just a speed flip over into a bucket... it can definitely make quite the mess if your not versed in doing it... even i come off the boat with one rag drenched in oil..

I don't have time to be punching a drainhole and waiting for that...
 
I don't have time to be punching a drainhole and waiting for that...
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Well, I wasn't thinking about a little hole.....

Plus, I figured there would be a fast vacuum pump in the mix.

My biggest mistake, was in thinking you did these one at a time.
So to speak.
I didn't understand it was a feast or famine situation.

I was thinking that you would do a couple of changes in the course of the day while you were working on general repairs.

Forgot about springtime boats.

Got it now.
Remember, I'm in Fl. I see the lines at boat places every spring.

I have always tried to get mine in way early before the crowd. Plus I do a lot of my own maintenance.
 
I will definitly be doing a remote trans filter on my ford, probably sometime this summer.

When I do my next chev, I will do both trans, and engine oil, more oil capacity is never a bad thing.
 
79rustyk10 said:
I will definitly be doing a remote trans filter on my ford, probably sometime this summer.

When I do my next chev, I will do both trans, and engine oil, more oil capacity is never a bad thing.
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I have a spin on mount for a PH8 for my tranny that comes with a 1/8" NPT bung for a sending unit. That way my temp sender wire isn't down there on the oil pan where brush will grab it. Thought it was worth mentioning cuz it's pretty slick.
 
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