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| | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2 | Hi ya'll,
I'm done with trying to keep this canister filter from leaking. Can anybody tell me where I can get the adapter to use a spin-on? Last time I had the canister off, I looked, but didn't see the mounting holes for an adapter like for the early V-8s.
Thanks Ken
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | I just took mine apart and found the regular gasket at the top, but when I started cleaning it I found another narrower gasket that I am not sure yet where it goes as I haven't put it back together yet (looking for proper color orange). Maybe you are missing one of the gaskets. These housings look pretty leakproof to me.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,182 Red dot, center of chest ... | | Red dot, center of chest ... Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,182 | Ken, I think most good part stores will sell the adaptors for the spin-ons. In order to use them, however, you have to tap into the block. There's a particular spot on the old sixes that had a pin that can be removed, and you can tap into that passage to feed oil to the spin-on, but I don't recall exactly where it is. Maybe someone who recalls it could chime in here. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 77 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 77 | a lot of cannisters leaking is caused by a accumalation of old seal rings still in the o ring groove that have not been removed. get a sharp pick and remove all the old o-rings and make the o-ring groove clean wet your new o-ring with oil and install in the groove 1st then install filter and cannister remember the thru bolt seal too 
i thinkzz traveling along at terminal velocity will soon wear a body out.
i will not die in shame if i never finish my dreams because my family iz my reality
can't wait until we can bed de ponys down, lite de fire, put on a big ol pot of coffee, and talk about how strong and brave our teams are.
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#5412 04/12/2002 10:50 PM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2 | Ok Cool, Your right baldeagle, there are no good parts stores here,lol.
I'm not ready to tap into the block yet, and thanks bullfoot. I'm sure it can use a good cleanin. I am only aware of the one o-ring, (kinda square) that seals. Any time in past (v-8)cannisters. If you had two, thats why it was leaking, the top being left from the last filter. Does the v-6 have two?
Anyway, I'll clean the crud out, and see if that takes care of it. It should'nt have much with only 61,000 on it.........right,lol.
Thanks again, Ken
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Usually orings aren't square, that could be your problem. They take the shape of the groove after a while and they should always be replaced if they no longer have a round crosssection.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 77 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 77 | i called me parts guy up and he looked in de 305 v6 oil filter box and de oring is round. i have picked as many as 6 orings out of de groove before
i thinkzz traveling along at terminal velocity will soon wear a body out.
i will not die in shame if i never finish my dreams because my family iz my reality
can't wait until we can bed de ponys down, lite de fire, put on a big ol pot of coffee, and talk about how strong and brave our teams are.
bullfoot thinkszzzzzzzzzzz
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