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Hey Guys....
I'm restoring a '59 1/2 ton and when I bought the truck the oil cannister was on the left side of the carburator. Should it be on the left or should it be on the right(the fire wall side). In pictures, i've seen them mostly on the right of the carb, but I 'm not sure if that was pre '59

thanks
pork

They are only on the firewall side if there is enough clearance between the manifold and the steering column. There is no room in my '50 to mount the oil filter close to the firewall on my 261 so I moved it to the radiator side.

On the 50 Chevy pos truck I got recently,the oil filter is mounted on a factory made bracket bolted to the left fender bolts near the firewall.It takes the larger 8 inch long filter and is mounted so about half the filter cannister is above the fender level.

I also have a 59 and the oil canister was mounted between the carb and the firewall(after my dad rebuilt the engine in the 80s). I moved it to in front of the carb because of the cast-in "lugs" on the intake manifold. My shop manual doesn't show a good piture of the proper location but I can't think of a reason for the casting on the manifold other than the oil filter canister. Some one with an assembly manual my have better info. The lines are plenty long enough to mount it either place.

My 59 1-ton has it on the firewall side, but there's no shift linkage from the steering column in the way on that one.
Jerry

On my 261 the filter was mounted with U bolts to the intake manifold between carb and firewall... it is a huge cast aluminum job about 8 or 9 inches long....connected with factory lines similar to power streeing lines to the side of the block below the carb...

....and speaking of messy.... on my 1940 it is Senior size Fram....mounted sideways....cap facing rear.... between the frame rails on the left/passenger side...remember the truck is right hand drive.....very easy to wipe the inside of the canister after you shower yourself removing the lid.....

Bob C.

Thanks for the posts...The original hose/lines that I have are 4 inches longer than the new ones I bought from Chevy Duty. So when I tried to connect the canister to the radiator side of the manifold(where it was when i got the truck)and connect the lines to the block they were way short. Thats when I thought I should just move the canister to the firewall side. To be honest I'm not exactly sure which lines run where. I believe the oil pressure gauge also teed into one of the lines...any help or pictures would be great...

pork
'59 1/2 ton apache

What size engine is in that 59....??

My 261...from 1958 came out of a 5 ton fuel delivery truck. If you got the GM lines they look like power steerring lines..... brass fitting into the block....a section of 1/2 steel line bent at 90 degrees and the steel line is connected to a section of 1 ich rubber hose line just long enough to reach the filter IF it is mounted on the intake manifold.

Looking at the engine from the carb side... the first line is the outlet from the oil gallery,,, six inches to the right of that one is the second line.... it carries the filtered oil back to the block and it has a small fitting into the heavy brass connector near the block... that connects to the 1/8 oil pressure gauge......

Now the holes on the block are standard 3/4 inch pipe thread.... if you are not a stickler for original accuracy.... you can buy brass fitting that are intended to accept a 3/8 or half inch rubber hose.....that fitting will screw into the block and you can attach a section of hydraulic hose with a clamp to the brass fitting and take it to the filter where ever you decide to mount it.... just be careful to run it away from the heat of the exhaust manifold and pipe.

Just out of curiosity how much did the original hose cost you???? What size/make of carb is on that engine....

CAUTION..... do not...repeat do not... try to run the engine with plugs in the holes while you decide to figure out where to install that filter.

Your engine is probably a FULL flow oil filter system...... if the holes are plug you will fry your engine...... in a pinch you could run a line from one hole to the other and run the engine...but DO NOT run with the holes plugged.

Now go get that thing fixed up and running!!!!!

Bob C.