Yes, this is specifically for coolant. They are pretty common on large commercial diesels. Also for some Ford light duty pickups with the 6.0L diesel it became a common mod to protect the oil cooler. I have another filter waiting to change out after 1000 miles or so and see what it picks up.tgreese wrote:Interesting. Is this cartridge designed for filtering coolant?
My mental picture of the cooling system says there is a lot of particulate c**p happily circulating. I wonder how long it will take for this cartridge to plug up? I expect you will know when the heater stops working.
True, it will be a mess to change out, but that was the most convenient place for me to mount it. Shutoff might help, will have to look into that.Cecil14 wrote:Pretty cool idea. I think I would've wanted the filter to hang down, though. Seems like it's going to be pretty messy to change that filter when the time comes, and you'll likel lose a decent bit of coolant as well. Wonder if it would be worth putting in some kind of shutoffs before and after the filter, like ball valves, maybe?
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Neat, please give us some parts number for the filter and the charcoal canister, I guess it is a Napa product?montanablueSJ wrote:The adapter was $35 and filter $10. Both made by Wix.
Also installed a GM style charcoal canister to replace the original AMC unit.
Filter Base: Wix 24763letank wrote:Neat, please give us some parts number for the filter and the charcoal canister, I guess it is a Napa product?montanablueSJ wrote:The adapter was $35 and filter $10. Both made by Wix.
Also installed a GM style charcoal canister to replace the original AMC unit.
I looked into this set up, and it seems that some devices are installed as a slow bypass between the in and out heater hoses to prevent plugging the heater core, but with the summer in full mode, no problems to stay warm.
Thank you for the ref numbers.montanablueSJ wrote: However, the belts still don't line up with the crank pulley, something I thought would be resolved with the new pump since I believe the previous owner installed the shorter snout pump from earlier AMC V8s. Now I am starting to think the harmonic balancer was not installed correctly since the other pulleys line up, like the PS to water pump. It looks like the balancer might not be pressed in far enough, so I guess the balancer is next on the to do list...