51 Plymouth Flathead 6 oil filter ?

I have a 1951 Plymouth flatty 218. I am installing a Chevrolet 250 oil canister filter on it. It just had a copper tube loop before, so some kind of tractor oil filter is better than nothing. I changed the mounting of the Chevy and put it in the stock location of the Plywood....
Does anyone have pictures of the proper way to plumb it into the motor? The filter has a side feed and a bottom feed. I believe the side is the inlet and the bottom is the gravity drain back to the motor. I need to know which is the pressure feed off the motor and which one is the drain or return. Anybody with pictures of theirs?
Thanks guys!

 

There is a casting on the driver's side of the engine, looks like a tube layed along the bottom of the water jacket at the bottom of the cylinders. There are 3 or 4 pipe plugs screwed into the casting, These plug that oil galley. One of them feeds the lne to the oil gauge. there should be one near the distributor, that plug should accept a fitting to feed the filter. The drain line should go into a hole on or just above the casting where the dipstick goes into the block. It returns to the pan via pressure and gravity. So basically the oil flows into the can on the outside of the filter element, p***es through the element, into the center of the element and out. It is a byp*** system regulated through the pressure relieve valve ***embly and p***es roughly 30% of the oil flow through the filter. Most of those filters were either dealer or aftermarket installed and all are pretty much the same and it really doesn't matter which line goes where as long as it allows flow in and out.

 

Thanks man! That is what I thought. I plumbed the line on the rear of the block to the oil gauge as it was previously that way. Then they had a loop from the other two by the dip stick. I was concerned with the "flow" of the filter but you answered all my questions. Thanks for taking the time to type that!!!!

 

These byp*** style filters require a restrictor to prevent too much oil flowing to the filter and subsequent loss of oil pressure to the bearings. Make sure you have the proper restriction.
Farmalldan

 

It's in there!