supertech st5 new box-new designe filter too.
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whats supertech st5? who makes it?
It is the Wal-Mart house brand version of a PH-5. I run ST 3950's on my truck. The Supe Tech filters http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=002456are made by Champion Laboratories. See
The only difference between the two construction wise is the flat base. This was done to "assist" quick lubes center the filter easier when they went to put the filter on.
DYI'ers typically take a bit more care..
The date code is on the dome end of the filter so you can figure out when the filter was built.
The packaging of the filter is something companies do to change up the look and make the product "seem" newer. Fram, Wix, Purolator, etc all do it...
DYI'ers typically take a bit more care..
The date code is on the dome end of the filter so you can figure out when the filter was built.
The packaging of the filter is something companies do to change up the look and make the product "seem" newer. Fram, Wix, Purolator, etc all do it...
Yes, packaging. I was working in kind of time warp brake shop in the early 90's. Not your high volume, low price place. They had a lot of NOS. I don't know how many generations of Wagner packaging they had on their shelves. I forget all the different corporate ownership Wagner went through. If you needed something old, odd ball, custom, etc. we were the place to come if you brought a barrel of money. I remember the one guy fixing up an old Studebaker truck. Yes, a Studebaker truck. The owner spent hours digging out the old stuff that would work.
If you wanted a part for a modern import, you might get a lecture and the owner's experience in the Pacific in W.W.II.
If you wanted a part for a modern import, you might get a lecture and the owner's experience in the Pacific in W.W.II.
Don't worry, Mel - the Gypie Lubes'll still figure out how to x-thread 'em.
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I'll tell you that plate is not just for quick lubes. I had a heck of a time threading on an ST 8 on my daughter's Taurus. I had some older ecore ST8 filters and decided to use one for her winter fill. Real pain in the rooster.
Gary: put the beer bottle down and use two hands..
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Not easy on a Taurus spec'd for a FL400S/ST3600
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In my WM the consolidated the MC and ST line. It's about the span of shelf space that you describe.
Gosh, that's too funny!!!!!!
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Gosh, that's too funny!!!!!!
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