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Quick dumb question I guess. Is the Baldwin filter set up a homemade extra trans filter?
You can buy the kit or piece it together for the tranny or oil bypass. I bought the kit from dieselsite and have both installed along with the fuel filter before the pump. I also write on all my filters the date, mileage, and type of oil or fluid to use and when next change is just in case I die the wife will have the correct info.
Good for you, Matthew! That's a project that's been on my "trucket" list for quite a few years, and I just haven't found a round "tuit" yet.
My intention was to make my own bracket very similar to yours, admittedly copying the similar kit I saw for sale on a diesel vendor's site somewhere. I just didn't like that vendor's price for a flat piece of plate I could cut and drill myself. And, I thought I could improve on that vendor's design a bit.
Sounds like I'll be cutting a few different versions out of cardboard first to physically verify all clearances before finally making the plate. I was thinking of using aluminum, since the filter base and the transmission are aluminum, but an aluminum plate might have to be too thick for equivalent strength. As far as dissimilar metal corrosion is concerned, the cover plate for the Torque converter is stamped steel, although it is painted.
Are you going to paint your bracket?
(Sorry Tugly, but you never posted pics of your bypass oil set up, which leaves little fodder to talk about, other than being human).
Originally Posted by milehi_350
Yes sir, I made it myself. It took two tries to get the angle right. The first one put the filter to close to the driveline for my liking.
Yes I did paint it. The picture I posted of the setup was a mock up. I also used nuts and bolts through the Trans.
I like that I can drop both filters in the drain pan at the same time.
I like your bypass filter setup, I was planning on the same setup, except I was going to add a cooler also. Where did you get the bracket? My truck is not a 4X4 so I have much more room. It looks like a Baldwin filter head?
I like your bypass filter setup, I was planning on the same setup, except I was going to add a cooler also. Where did you get the bracket? My truck is not a 4X4 so I have much more room. It looks like a Baldwin filter head?
Why add a cooler? The engine is equipped with a very large cooler as is.
I was going to add a oil to air cooler since the engine oil temps on these trucks gets pretty hot. I am seeing over 205 degrees just going down the road at it is not summer time. I guess the extra heat is from the HPOP?
I took the fan off mine in the middle of the Texas summer, drove it for 175 miles and I never saw temps over 200. My fan clutch went out, and the closest new OEM one was near my brother's house 175 miles away. I don't see where the HPOP would make heat...?
Maybe your oil to water cooler on the side of the engine is not doing its job. When I rebuilt mine, 7 of the passages were completed blocked with scale build up.
My cooler might have a issue, but many people here say that my oil temps are normal. I am going to order some gauges soon, how do you like your Glowshifts? I am using the scanguge II currently.
Love the Glowshifts. I have the MaxTwo DoubleVision gauges, and they are super easy to read. Not a problem with any of them in the 2.5 years I have had them. I have found the quality to be very good on the harnesses, fittings and gauges. The scangauge is a good option by all accounts, just not as easy to read while driving I think.
That's a little scary, I too run glow shift gauges, albeit in a quad pillar pod (which despite a lot of naysayers have all proved to be excellent and reliable gauges so far), but I also have the same exact pioneer head unit lol
I am sold, will order tomorrow. I had a set of ISSpro's and the boost gauge failed in less than a year. The pyro worked just fine. Also the gauge had a back light, but the light would escape around the outside edge and blind you.
Autometer also has nice gauges. I don't have from them but when I decide to add more I will look hard at glowshift and autometer. ISSPRO gauges are nice but expensive for the problems I've seen people have.
I am about to remove the gauge pods you see in the picture above. Going to the F650 dash tonight and pulling them out. Will post pics of the GlowShifts in the F650 dash setup soon.
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