i am back to driving a i6 part time long story nd its oil time whats that longer oil filter part number motorcraft number would be apprechiated thanks guys

 

does this sound right

 

Napa number is a 1773.

 

Fram PH977A

 

I would not use fram.

Jim

 

The preference for a particular brand of filter is very often personal. Everything I've read says that FRAM is an adequate filter; not great, certainly, but not useless, either.

On a personal note: in 1978 I bought my first car---a 1964 Corvair. Being a Chevy product, the recommended filter (a bolt-on unique to the engine) was of course AC-DELCO. By 1979 however, AC had stopped manufacture/acquisition of the filter; the only ones available were NOS, and the various part houses started charging at least double for it! All of the other filter manufacturers, except FRAM, followed AC's lead and slowed, if not stopped, manufacture. For the next several years, the only one available in wide distribution was the FRAM. I got the car with 110K on the clock and put over 190K additional on it, and when I sold it, it was still running on FRAM's. Eventually, an enthusiast aftermarket supplier came up with an adaptor for spin-ons, which obviated the need for the much more difficult to find standard filter.

However, the reason I posted the FRAM part number is as follows. All of the aftermarket distribution venues that have reference materials, catalogs or part look-up mini-puters (like Wally-World), sell FRAM, and the reference unit is usually their's as well. All have cross-references available to the FRAM number, if you have a preference for a different brand!

 

The regular Frams aren't very good, but the HP racing filters are very good and usually cheaper than the long ones.

The best thing I did was use a remote mount and have the filter in a verticle position. On several different brands of filters, on long "on or off ramps" and at start up the engine would clatter a bit, probably because the drain valves in the filters were failing. Once in the upright position, that never happened again.
BTW, I got the remote mount for two filters and I just get the 5" long ones since they are available everywhere and two are cheaper than the one longer filter anyway.

 

mouth up or mouth down?

 

Longer filters equivalent to FL1-A are:

Wix 51773
NAPA 1773
Puralator L40017
Motorcraft FL299

 

Since this thread has already been brought back to life...Does anyone know if the FL299 actually has an anti drain back valve like the FL1A's? I've stayed away from running them on mine since I couldn't get a definitive answer.

 

 

Now that's definitive. Thanks Tiap. Time to give one a try.

 

Just to clarify. I put a Fram on a 302 I had years ago. This was the first time not using Motorcraft on my Fords... it blew the seem and dumped all of the oil and by the time I shut it down it took out a couple of main bearings. On my 93 F150 4.9 I took it in for a Penzoil oil change. They put a pretty bright yellow filter on it. At start up when cold it would clatter. A mechanic friend of mine said to switch back to a Motorcraft. Once I did the clatter stopped. So from my personal experience and a bit of research I do nothing but Motorcraft on my Fords.

Jim

 

I am computer illiterate and new to ford 300 engines. does anyone know the oil pan capacity (with and without filter) of a center sump oil pan ? Any help is greatly appreciated. also, i can only guess as to year model. probably 1968 or 1981??? thanx much

 

I think all 300/4.9 and probably 240's are 5 quart for stock pans and 1 for the stock filter.