Recent content by JW51

Air filter has been converted to modern paper.

I assume the question about the valve cover was related to how much dirt the engine might be eating. This engine was originally fitted with a closed valve cover, filtered breather at the oil fill, and a draft tube. I now have a PCV in the breather hole (in a closed breather designed for that...

Does the Frantz media they sell now…fit the vintage sized Frantz canister? I have it in my head there was a change at some point. Perhaps in the ID of the “roll.”

Wix provides no information as to the efficiency of the 51100, however a crossover Wix, the 51006….is listed at 32 micron nominal. That’s probably just some sort of default figure, but from what I can tell….all of the modern filters for these canisters are just some very basic pleated...

Regarding the amsoil system: I wouldn’t mind paying for their expensive-as-heck filter if I could find an affordable base with their thread pitch. I’d welcome some ideas in that direction. I’ve heard of folks using a thread adapter, but not sure which base they started with.

This is not the dipper rod version. This is the post 1954 type of 235 that had fully pressurized mains and rods. They were not factory equipped with a bypass filter, but vast majority of engines had them dealer installed or aftermarket otherwise. My engine currently runs a bypass canister on the...

New member here. Been reading stuff here for several years. I have an old Chevy 235 for which bypass filtration…is the the only filtration. I know enough to know that the commonly available modern bypass canister inserts are not very efficient even by full flow standards. The better of the NOS...