How many of you carry a spare fule filter in your truck and don't have the tools to replace it on the side of the road? (If your asking yourself why someone would carry a spare fuel filter please click onto the next post, you won't understand the rest of this....)

So, on your truck is a frame mounted fuel filter and an engine mounted fuel filter. The engine unit takes a simple 1/2" square drive to remove and reinstall the cover so a large socket wrench and a 3" extention will work fine. The frame mounted filter is another story. If your truck is four wheel drive the filter housing is mounted behind the front drive shaft and next to impossible to access. The housing cover is the same size as the engine oil filter housing on the engine which is 36mm. So get yourself a 36mm, 1/2" drive socket and throw it, the wrench and the extention in your truck somewhere so you can make a filter change on the side of the road that day you get a bad load of fuel or the filter finally loads up to the point where the truck won't run.

You also may want a 6mm hex wrench (allen wrench) to open the water separator on the frame. Craftsman has a set with a long and short wrench for more access around the front drive shaft.

I put these tools, some rubber gloves and the proper sockets sizes for my aftermarket wheels and wheel locks in a canvas pouch and in the center consol as an emergency tool kit. I also replace the filter every 5k miles and I can notice it right away. In fact I can tell when the filter is loading up when the truck hesitates on acceleration.

Just wanted to give you an idea that may save your hide.....

 

Where can I get these filters cheap? I need to change them out.

 

Buy them form OilGuard.com

 

Ok.. I got my oil filters from them...good deal! Now...the engine mounted filter is where? and the frame mounted one is in the same style canister as the oil filter? I saw it today while under the truck changing the oil...is it the same kind with a spring in there, etc.? No "re-priming" the truck when you change out the filters...right?

 

engine filter is next to the oil filter. look for the 1/2" drive hole in the cap. No re-priming is necessary. You will need a new shirt and some soap and water. The drain on the lower filter sucks and the fuel will run along the frame to teh cross member and then onto you. No matter where you lay you'll get covered. A hint is to drain the water separator first.

 

drain the water seperator first? Where the heck is that and how? LOL

 

I read a post on draining the water in the thread marked '...... tech ......" at the top of this 6.0l forum. I was under the truck looking at this bad boy earlier today. The drawings on the below URL are very good.

http://home.austin.rr.com/sbv1/Proce...ater-drain.htm

 

"3 liter" soda bottle (no such thing...they come in 2 liter). What is the point of draining this thing prior to opening the fuel filter chamber? Pressure relief? What?

 

If you open the frame mounted filter cap, a bunch of fuel runs all over the frame and then goodness knows where (though surely your clothes will catch most of it.) The drain at least points towards the open area under the truck, not down onto the frame, so if you drain it first then the fuel goes somewhere you can catch it. If you put a drain pan on the ground, then the fuel will hit that, bounce up, and soak into your clothes. (Start to notice a trend here?) If you instead hold a cut-off 2-liter bottle up under the drain as you pull the cap out, then it will mostly go into the bottle. Then when you take the big cap off, only the last little bit will run down the frame. If you park the truck slightly nose-down when you do all this, maybe none will run down the frame.

You should drain the water separator portion anyway, but doing it first just routes most of the fuel in the whole canister out that drain.

Duncan

 

All you need is here
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=303583

 

Don't forget the manual, you know, the little book they put in the glove box... It contains info on doing the routine maintenance as well... It even has a picture and includes the part numbers of the filters. It's a pretty handy thing.

 

found a 36mm, 6 point 1/2" drive socket at the local flea market,, cost me all of $3.00,, rides along in the truck with the other tools and filters,,

no desire to do along the road but could if required,,

enjoy,,

 

I changed both my filters sat It wasn't that hard,Icould't get the brass screw(6mm) out to drain the seperator,I have stripped the hole, any answers to getting it out. My truck has about 32,000 miles on it.I bought it with 26,000 miles on it. Can you get just the screw seperate. I put a plastic jug close to the frame when taking the filter out and a little bit of fuel came out into the jug. I did raise up the front shaft and it help getting to the screw. thanks 03 f250 4x4 crewcab

 

Ford sells a replacement fuel/water separator plug for under $8.00. It is steel, not brass like the original. Go buy one, then use and EZ out to get the old one out.

You don't need to torque that plug down. It has an O-ring to make a seal. You should also drain it about once a month.

 

I get 3 liters all the time - but the wifese complains they are too heavy.... fine with me - leaves more for me if she doesn't get to it