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tubman · 11-06-2019, 03:11 PM

8BA oil filters are attached two ways. '49's use the actual head bolts themselves, while the later models have bosses cast into the heads and the filter housing bolts on them with smaller bolts. It sounds like you have the earlier type, is this correct?

11-06-2019, 03:11 PM	#2
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,321	Re: torquing 8ba heads with an oil filter 8BA oil filters are attached two ways. '49's use the actual head bolts themselves, while the later models have bosses cast into the heads and the filter housing bolts on them with smaller bolts. It sounds like you have the earlier type, is this correct?