59 block oil filter question
I read several threads on this and heard everything from don't use filter to install high dollar after market unit after drilling and tapping your block. I'm fine with changing oil regularly and forget the filter altogether, but if I can easily use this thing without danger of harming my engine I will. Without doing any research (bad idea), I plumbed it to the fitting just below the dipstick on the pan. I ran it this way for about 50 miles before my tranny lost 2nd gear. After reading these threads I'm wondering if I may be robbing some of my oil pressure by having it setup like this, not to mention the possibility of one of these hoses rupturing and dumping all my oil. My engine is a forty-six 59 block with Mercury heads and has the spot to bolt this filter on. I'm not really interested in block modification at this point. Thanks.
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