Need help putting oil filter assembly back together
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Melting Slicks
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Need help putting oil filter assembly back together
Got the shortblock back from the machine shop yesterday and while trying to put the oil filter assembly back on, I am confused. When I took this thing apart 2 months ago, I took pics and bagged everything and labelled the bags as I went along. Now I am putting it back together and get to the the oil filter assembly, dump the parts out of the bag for the assembly, and start to figure out how it goes together, the Helms manual doesn't show it, I didn't get a pic of it, and in the bag is a c-clip and I can't figure out where it goes (knowing me it is highly possible that it got stuck in the wrong bag). Anybody got a good description or a pic for me. Thanks.
Here is the only pic I have, and it is still assembled
Here is the only pic I have, and it is still assembled
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Originally Posted by hz900
Got the shortblock back from the machine shop yesterday and while trying to put the oil filter assembly back on, I am confused. When I took this thing apart 2 months ago, I took pics and bagged everything and labelled the bags as I went along. Now I am putting it back together and get to the the oil filter assembly, dump the parts out of the bag for the assembly, and start to figure out how it goes together, the Helms manual doesn't show it, I didn't get a pic of it, and in the bag is a c-clip and I can't figure out where it goes (knowing me it is highly possible that it got stuck in the wrong bag). Anybody got a good description or a pic for me. Thanks.
Here is the only pic I have, and it is still assembled
Here is the only pic I have, and it is still assembled
I don't know of any c-clip involved in the assy
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There is a "C" clip that retains the threaded tube that runs through the cooler.
The tube (with cooler attached ) screws into the block adapter locating the cooler on the 2 extended studs that mount the adapter to the block and then the filter spins on to the thread exposed from the cooler.
Make sure tube is screwed tight into adapter first before installing filter otherwise whole assemble will undo when you change the filter.
The tube (with cooler attached ) screws into the block adapter locating the cooler on the 2 extended studs that mount the adapter to the block and then the filter spins on to the thread exposed from the cooler.
Make sure tube is screwed tight into adapter first before installing filter otherwise whole assemble will undo when you change the filter.
