Coolant filter install
Coolant filter install
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Thanks.
If you're looking for a "kit" you can check out Bob Riley's website. www.dieselsitetoo.com the site is down right now, but should be up tomorrow.
If you're looking for a "kit" you can check out Bob Riley's website. www.dieselsitetoo.com the site is down right now, but should be up tomorrow.
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No, I made that. The kit is "designed" to bolt on the side of the air box. Since I haven't had an air box for some time I needed a place to mount it that was easy to reach/maintain. I've seen them mounted behind the bumper or along the framerail on the passenger side, but I prefer not to crawl around when things are dripping.
Just drill some holes in a chunk of angle iron, and use the bolt on the top of the alternator.
Just drill some holes in a chunk of angle iron, and use the bolt on the top of the alternator.
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Well, once I had the bracket made up and pre taped all the fittings the actual install took around half an hour. Figure maybe 1.5 hours total including cutting and drilling the mount bracket.
ON EDIT: Go ahead and order a couple of extra filters. My first filter loaded up with casting sand in about 3 weeks. The second one about four months later. After that it should be a once a year deal, but I'll be doing mine every six months since I've got $200 worth of last forever coolant on board.
ON EDIT: Go ahead and order a couple of extra filters. My first filter loaded up with casting sand in about 3 weeks. The second one about four months later. After that it should be a once a year deal, but I'll be doing mine every six months since I've got $200 worth of last forever coolant on board.
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Hey Cookie,
I bought mine at Dieselsittoo. Good to work with.
I was not about to drill holes into my new AIS intake, no way.
Even if I did, there was not enough clearance.
So, I had to fab a bracket and mounted it off the firewall on th drivers side.
Here ar 4 pix;
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15594854KegNkJ
I bought mine at Dieselsittoo. Good to work with.
I was not about to drill holes into my new AIS intake, no way.
Even if I did, there was not enough clearance.
So, I had to fab a bracket and mounted it off the firewall on th drivers side.
Here ar 4 pix;
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15594854KegNkJ
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They offer both.
If you order from Dieselsitetoo, tell them which you want.
They have the filter with the SCA additive so you don't have to add as it breaks down, (supposedly).
For those PSD's with the Gold coolant it is just a plain filter.
I just changed mine out a few minutes ago, after 3000 miles on the filter and I couldn't believe the sand that was floating around in the coolant system. I could tell as soon as I began unthreading the filter, you could hear and feel the grit.
I flitered what was in the filter itself through a fine cheesecloth and there was quite a bit of sand in it.
If you order from Dieselsitetoo, tell them which you want.
They have the filter with the SCA additive so you don't have to add as it breaks down, (supposedly).
For those PSD's with the Gold coolant it is just a plain filter.
I just changed mine out a few minutes ago, after 3000 miles on the filter and I couldn't believe the sand that was floating around in the coolant system. I could tell as soon as I began unthreading the filter, you could hear and feel the grit.
I flitered what was in the filter itself through a fine cheesecloth and there was quite a bit of sand in it.