Coolant Filter Re-Visited
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
Nope--I'm gonna buy the premade one
Like I posted earlier, the kits are ready to go for about the same money.
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I bought the whole kit from dieselsite with 6 filters total and 2 ball valves. Think I paid about 125.00 with shipping. Plugged 1st filter at 300 miles, 2nd at about 1000. Totally happy now. 3rd filter now has about 5ooo miles and still flowing good. Beachbum hit the nail on the head with this kit. I could maybe build something 10 or 20 dollars cheaper but my time is worth a few beers, lol. Do what feels right for you, but the coolant filter is one of the cheapest and best investments I can think of. This and a dollar gets you a cup of coffee.
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Friend of mine has new 06 and he was over today to get his fuel filter/oil change done for the start of winter....I showed him my cut filter housing....
Hey we have another convinced owner of the filtration system. I'll be installing his next week 
Hey we have another convinced owner of the filtration system. I'll be installing his next week
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From: Stuttgart, Ar
Originally Posted by Maxium4x4
I'm sure you can toss the bracket that comes with the kit and fab up your own.
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
I misunderstood what you meant in your previous post. I thought YOU were making the kits..
are you two related 
What I was trying to say.....I like to fabricate my own stuff, for the general public you can order a kit for almost the same money that I spent putting my coolant filter together. The bracket can be fabricated if you do not like the universal one in the kit. Or.....you can drive up to Ohio and I'll make you a bracket...custom made....just for you
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Might be something to do in the spring for sure. Maybe we can conjure a couple of sets of twins while I'm there. I already have ideas for the plumbing nightmare. A little bird told me your fab skill were quite marvelous.
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
I misunderstood what you meant in your previous post. I thought YOU were making the kits.....MY BAD. I'll get one from Doug and modify the bracket. The aluminum one in matts truck is a little to flimsy to suit my taste, although I'm sure it's quite adequate for the job.
It should also have 3 bolts holding it in, and not just sandwiched between the rubber spacers that bolt down the intercooler. That probably has something to do with it 
I should just leave out about 2/3's of the fasteners in the engine compartment and replace the rest with wing nuts at this point
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Originally Posted by PSD 60L Fx4
It did have a large steel spacer in it to add rigidity, but I seem to have lost it sometime between engine removal #'s 7 and 22
I should just leave out about 2/3's of the fasteners in the engine compartment and replace the rest with wing nuts at this point
I should just leave out about 2/3's of the fasteners in the engine compartment and replace the rest with wing nuts at this point
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