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    I need a 2 quart filter with 3/4-16 Ford threads?

    Remember...all the 2QT. filters listed are usually 24-30 micron, where as your standard 1Qrt Fl-1A typ. is 19-20 micro[finer filtration] if that mattrers to you. Most of the posters on this site opt. for the finer filtration, unless they really need more oil volume, then they add another filter...
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    BAD WIX FILTER

    NEWS FLASH! BAD WIX FILTER...WIX AGREES TO REPLACE ENGINE! I just saw on a local TV investigator report [out of Medina Ohio] a guy took his 2007 Kia Sportage w/ 20000 mi. in for an oil change. Driving away from the shop "THERE GOES THE OIL LIGHT NND BOOM THERE GOES THE ENGINE" The Auto shop...
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    (Poll) Adding oil to oil filter when changing it

    I do NOT prefil the filter! Every car/ truck filter manufacturer owner/ repair manual since day one of the spin on oil filter always stated to just change out the filter and add the required amount of oil to the crankcase. By pouring oil into the outflowing hole of the filter, you may be adding...
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    Mobil Delvac 1300 Super $3/jug rebate

    Cool! I just got the rebate form off Delvac site....what is the upc#?[required] Can we just copy all numbers off the bar code on the jug, to the form?
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    I hose clamp= $150.00

    Thanks for all the comments gang...YES the $150 includes towing [$80] anti-freeze/flush/ additives/ NAPA clamps/$60.00 and $10 for diner at 10pm in the eve.
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    I hose clamp= $150.00

    Beware of cheap hose clamps!.... I have owned and operated cars and trucks for over 34 years and have never had this happen to me, or hear tell of it....coolant hose clamps that just break right across the band! It happend one storming rain/snow evening[of course] My engine was cold , just a...
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    Fram... TOUGH GUARD

    I always use the FRAM Extendedguard xg8a[FL-1A] [METAL END CAPS ARE THE BOMB!]It is a super filter for long OCI with Synthetic oil...I go 12-15 months/7,000MI wich ever comes first. For $9.99 at Wal-Mart, it's the same price as a Mobile M1 filter, and I think it is slightly larger. I look at it...
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    what oil for daily driven bone stock 1974 Olds 350

    I have a 74 AMC daily driver [NO RACING OF COURSE BUT I DON'T DRIVE LIKE AN OLD LADY], That I put up for the winter as well. I have used Mobil 1 15w-50 w/Mobil 1 filter, for the 7 years I have owned the car, changing both oil and filter ONCE PER YEAR of driving 5-7,000miles , stop N go, severe...
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    $4.00 Per Gallon

    IT WON'T AFFECT ME FOR I HAVE 4 CREDIT CARDS!
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    Shelf life of oil

    I would not have a problem using the oil IF THE JUG HAS THE FOIL SEAL UNBROKEN IN ANYWAY UNDER THE CAP...Rotela 15w-40 is ONE STOUT OIL! There is a post on this site were a guy started up a 70's v8 diesel that had a crankcase full of Rotela 15w-40 after the car was sitting for 5-6 years! If I...
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    Homeless man compacted in garbage truck

    It adds a whole new meaning to being "HARD PRESSED" for a place to stay!
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    10W-xx "risky at temps down to 0 deg F"????

    IT WAS A RECORD BLIZZARD 1977-78 WINTER...DATE LINE CLEVELAND OHIO USA...FLASH We had 52 straight days where the temp did not go above 0 F...a Christmans-New Year period where it was 15-20 below 0 F...3-7ft snow drifts and average wind chills of 25-56 below zero... I had a 6 month old 1977 Ford...
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    Virgin Sample Castrol RX Super 15W-40 API CI-4/SL/GF-3

    NO MOLY...NO DICE FOGEDABOWDIT!
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    Diesel 15w40 dino choices

    banghead:
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    Ford flathead V8

    I have a 1954 willys cj-3b jeep that the previous owner put in a 51 ford flathead 8ba V8 [239 c.i.] Keep in mind this is AN all Stock engine. He rebuilt the engine before instalLing it in 1961. I has 27,000 mi and 43 years on this rebuit engine! I run it hard and drive it often. Plow snow in...
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    K-Mart prices too high?

    AT MY AREA FAMILY DOLLAR STORE THEY RAISE THE USUALL PRICE OF HAVOLINE DINO [ALL GRADES] FROM THE LONG TIME $1 PRICE TO $1.25 THAT'S 25% ACCROSS THE BOARD...EGADS BATMAN! [ October 12, 2004, 06:21 PM: Message edited by: Alfonzy ]
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    What does the "W" stand for?

    winterweight
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    Crude Oil Yields

    I can understand why {from your oil yield list} today 2004 in my area OH USA...reg. gasoline is $1.74 and diesel is $1.99 a gal. What I would like someone to exlpain to me is why when I was a youngster in 1962...reg gasoline was $ .30 and diesel was about $.18? My father, who was a truck driver...
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    Wad Do ya THINK about no oil

    This is why I have always changed my own oil since I got my license 34 years ago!
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    S. Korean Beheaded

    CARPET BOMB THEM ALL WITH B-52 BOMBERS"...It should have been done as soon as all the uprising thugs startedtheir killings in Iraq after the "war".
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