It is full of gas and most definitely does not need to be resting on the manifold. You can probably find a filter that will screw directly into the carb. Do you have a steel line coming out of the fuel pump of some form of rubber line? If it is steel, bend it so the filter does not touch anything hot. If it is a flexible line re route it away from the heat.


1946 1-ton Panel
1952 1-ton Comml. W/Grain Body