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01-27-2019, 06:01 PM | #81 |
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
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The rear axle should be marked as to the original gear ratio. If not, it is fairly easy to check. |
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01-27-2019, 06:27 PM | #85 |
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
Under the center section just behind where the axle tube connects. There will be two number stamped into the casting. The upper left photo in the post.
Some info here as well. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...ght=axle+ratio Last edited by JSeery; 01-27-2019 at 06:38 PM. |
01-27-2019, 10:23 PM | #86 |
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01-27-2019, 10:28 PM | #87 |
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
Fords stamped number are often difficult to see! I had a link in post #85.
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01-27-2019, 10:52 PM | #88 |
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
My 59AB apparently never had a filter. Still doesn't. Has 35,000 on its rebuild and still has good oil pressure. I think key is frequency of oil changes and to a lessor degree, maybe the quality/kind of oil you use. Mine used common Penn HD 10w-30 year round.
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01-27-2019, 11:00 PM | #89 |
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
Yes, I saw the pic upper top left as you said.That pic could easily be the top or the bottom, but you said bottom so that is all I did. I did miss the link. So now looked at that thread. My plug is already out of the tranny and rear because I have drained all the fluid in both and will be replacing with new fluid from MAC. I have put 2 1/2pints back in the tranny but have not filled the rear yet, so now would be an ideal time to count the ring gear teeth!I also purchased magnetic plugs for both drain and fill for tranny and rear. They wre cheap enough and I figured that fluid is so thick the chips will float rather than sink to the bottom, cheap insurance even if I am wrong! The level is confusing because I have read everything from and inch below the fill to all the way up until it runs out of the hole. i will probably compromise and go 1/2 inch below. The owners manual says capacity 2 1/2 pints for both until it runs out of the fill
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01-28-2019, 01:38 AM | #90 |
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
lets get back to the question do i need an oil filter my answer is hell yeh ive spent 45 years working on anything from a chain saw to a V16 mine truck and simply if you havent got a filter of some sort you've got no hope of catching any contaminant
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01-28-2019, 01:55 AM | #91 |
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Re: Oil filters on flatheads
You got my vote on this!
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