I've read on many forums that some Ranger engines accept Ford Motor's M-6880-A50 (or possibly M-6880-M22??) 90 degree oil filter adapter.

Having read the aggravations many of you experience changing a horizontally mounted 400S filter on the 3.0L I am anxious to know if anyone has had success installing this adapter.

I roll my 2001 XLT on ramps every 3000 miles but getting this oil-loaded filter off without dripping on the starter is something I have not mastered. This truck had the plastic funnel below the filter but broke off during one of my first oil changes. Has anyone installed a replacement using p/n **7Z-11161-AA ?

I don't mind getting a bit messy and wiping things down every few months but would greatly welcome the chance to speed up my time under the truck by spinning off a vertically (or near vertically) mounted filter.

If anyone has successfully made this 90 degree adapter install on a 3.0L I think many of us would benefit greatly from a detailed forum post. Please state which of the two adapters worked for you.

My Ranger had 127,000 when I bought it in 2007 and just over 220,000 now. In Northeast Florida I average 20 mpg city and have reached 26 mpg highway with the cruise locked at 60 mph. Nothing spectacular, but I work from this truck and it gets the job done for me.

Sorry to see Ford culled it from the line up last year.

Cheers

 

My first and only query from March 2012 has been viewed more than 500 times but no one has responded. I am still looking for proof that the 3.0L Vulcan in my 2001 Ranger will accept the Ford M-6880-A50 (or possibly M-6880-M22??) 90 degree oil filter adapter. I've looked in several NE Florida JYs and only found one that may not have been either of these Part #s. It was in a 2.9 Bronco II. Did not have enough spinach yesterday to to get the 3/4" adapter bolt head loose from the block. Not sure this Bronco adapter will actually have the room to let a filter clear the starter like I understand the M-6880-A50 should.

Would like to put a 90 degree adapter on my holiday wish list but only if I am certain it will fit. Not interested in a remote adapter. Don't consider mounting and routing hoses in my skill set.

My thanks to anyone that has verified that this can (or can not) work in a 3.0.

Still happy with this truck that turned 250,000 for me on I-95 near Palm Coast Tuesday, Dec 3.

Cheers

 

500 viewers did not want to respond, I would call that a negative vote on the procedure. My 1999, 3.0L has no trouble with the oil filter change.

 

500 people were curious, but didn't know the answer...
Have you tried another forum?
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For what its worth, I remove and reinstall my filter from the top side. It is sometimes a pain to get it threaded back on with so little room.

 

That's worth something, would be worth more if you included your truck model, year, engine?

 

Check the signature. Its there. Let me know if you can't see it.

 

If that's the 2013 F-350 you're talking about, I would think that you could afford to have the butler, valet, or footman, whatever you call the help around there these days, change it for you.