I need some help identifying this filter canister. I want to use it but I don't know what filter element it utilizes. I also need gaskets for the lid. Maybe someone recognizes it's origin. Thanks. Dimensions are as follows: 4 3/8" inside diameter of container. 1" outside diameter of center tube. 6 1/8" from base of center tube to top of center tube.
Go down to napa and try a fliter from a 40's/50's Ford Flathead... Might be a good staring point. Napa still makes those still of filter elements so you might just be able to try a few until you find one that fits.
Get the WIX Filter Catalog from your local parts amn at O=Reilly,s, Car Quest, NAPA. Look in the section which lists styles and dimensions of cartridge oil filters and find something that will work. That can looks like a plated accessory or factory filter for Ford or GM in the late 40s-early 50s. Check by application as well, you might get lucky, but it never hurts to familiarize yourself with a WIX filter catalog. Ever need an oddsize, you thought, air filter element, a remote oil filter setup or inline filter. You can't ever learn too much.
I was surprised to find out that the filter element that I needed for my 259 Studebaker V8 was the same as the 51 Ford flathead. I already had one in stock.
Do as PasadenaHotRod suggests, thing is; before cars came with the filter bosses cast on the block all filters were add-ons, although most were dealer installed, therefore most of a given make were the same. The A-C units seen on early Chevy's looked very similar to your's, but was a bit shorter. My '46 Motor's Manual shows pics of quite a few filters (not differentiating by car model) your's looks the most like the A-C Kleer-Kleen, very fitting if used on a Kustom! The book says: "Part of the oil enters at the top of the filter and is forced through the filter element into the perforated collector tube in the center of the filter. Solid matter and water settle at the bottom of the filter and should be removed from the unit at frequent intervals by removing the drain plug. When the filter element becomes clogged, the cover can be removed and the filter element replaced without disconnecting the oil lines. If the filter element is drained completely, as when an element is renewed, add sufficient oil to the crankcase to bring the oil to its correct level." Hope this helps. LEE
It looks a lot like one I picked up at the Rhinebeck show. I can't recall the brand name, but it was manufactured in Kingston, NY.
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