The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot '60-'66 Trucks No oil filter on my new 60' Apache?

I recently acquired a 1960 Apache with 235 manual on the floor. I have been browsing the forum and found some discussion about the oil filter being an option? Should I source out an old used remote oil filter or does anyone recommend an after market unit? It seems there may be an oil pressure issue with the aftermarket. I appreciate your recommendations and time.

Not sure if you have seen this or not:

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/engines/oil%20filters/

Or this?
Full Flow:
As the author of the first link below states: " I don't suggest you do this unless the motor is completely apart for a rebuild. With the drilling and tapping there will be too many metal chips to do this on a motor that is already built. "

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/full_pressure.htm


Hope that helps

A by-pass oil filter will work fine.

The "oil-pressure issue" with a remote by-pass oil filter is there should be a restriction in the flow through the filter unit, resulting in only a small amount of the oil circulation in the block being "by-passed" into the filter. This system works quite well for oil filtration.

A modern remote filter-head with a spin-on filter will not have flow-restriction - without a restriction a higher % of the oil-flow to go through the filter unit (slightly/greatly? starving the flow of oil in the block).

Some people place a restriction in the inflow line to a modern spin-on filter head (allowing less oil to by-pass through the filter).

Jim Carter Truck Parts sells a restricted spin-on filter unit.

The full-flow filtration conversion is nice but the by-pass system works fine.

Thank you for your responces.
It is hard to beleive a motor could last 53 years with out an oil filter.