Originally Posted By: river_rat
What truck/engine/year, etc. do you have labman...if you don't mind saying? Maybe I can search around and find something for a filter replacement you'd like? Is it an odd filter?
It is for a 1977 Chevy LUV with the 1.8L gas engine. The owner's manual says PF 9. They were replaced with the PF 1177. I have had mixed luck finding either over the years. For a while, I could buy all the PF 9's I wanted at K-Mart for $2. In the early 90's I think Wal-Mart didn't have the AC for my Quad 4 and Parts America didn't have the PF 9. Then Wal*Mart dropped AC all to gather. That is when I got into filter chopping, a crude tool. Only 2 brands stood out, AC with half again more media, and Fram with half as much. So for a few years I happily used $2 ST's that seemed to be as good or better than anything else. Then Champ cheapened them with the dome end bypass and then Wal-Mart quit carrying them altogether. Well I got some Purolators with oil deals. Not too bad especially when AAP would let me have an L14536 cartridge for my car at the sale price.
But I got tired of all the hype here about Purolators and got to thinking about their dome end bypasses and foreign ownership and decided to look around. AZ had an STP that is almost the same except for the ownership. I also managed to find what looks like an even better Pronto, PO4619. The box listed equivalents, some different than the app books for my truck. MC FL813, Fram PH 3664, Purolator L 14619, and wix 51526. That gives me some more things to look for.
Originally Posted By: river_rat
I thought he said he couldn't find Ecores that fit(?)
That's right. I didn't even look at the STP, assuming it was an Ecore. I have looked at some other stuff too, ST3593A, PF 1127, maybe others, but there were all conventional with dome end bypasses. I also had some promising numbers, but Wal*Mart didn't stock them. Next time I am ready for a filter, I may check some other numbers at AZ. They have a lot more STP's than Wal*Mart has ST's. It is also possible some of the conventional ones I am finding now will be Ecore by then. The 3593A is a smaller filter, but has plenty of room for as much media as the 3950's have now.
What truck/engine/year, etc. do you have labman...if you don't mind saying? Maybe I can search around and find something for a filter replacement you'd like? Is it an odd filter?
It is for a 1977 Chevy LUV with the 1.8L gas engine. The owner's manual says PF 9. They were replaced with the PF 1177. I have had mixed luck finding either over the years. For a while, I could buy all the PF 9's I wanted at K-Mart for $2. In the early 90's I think Wal-Mart didn't have the AC for my Quad 4 and Parts America didn't have the PF 9. Then Wal*Mart dropped AC all to gather. That is when I got into filter chopping, a crude tool. Only 2 brands stood out, AC with half again more media, and Fram with half as much. So for a few years I happily used $2 ST's that seemed to be as good or better than anything else. Then Champ cheapened them with the dome end bypass and then Wal-Mart quit carrying them altogether. Well I got some Purolators with oil deals. Not too bad especially when AAP would let me have an L14536 cartridge for my car at the sale price.
But I got tired of all the hype here about Purolators and got to thinking about their dome end bypasses and foreign ownership and decided to look around. AZ had an STP that is almost the same except for the ownership. I also managed to find what looks like an even better Pronto, PO4619. The box listed equivalents, some different than the app books for my truck. MC FL813, Fram PH 3664, Purolator L 14619, and wix 51526. That gives me some more things to look for.
Originally Posted By: river_rat
I thought he said he couldn't find Ecores that fit(?)
That's right. I didn't even look at the STP, assuming it was an Ecore. I have looked at some other stuff too, ST3593A, PF 1127, maybe others, but there were all conventional with dome end bypasses. I also had some promising numbers, but Wal*Mart didn't stock them. Next time I am ready for a filter, I may check some other numbers at AZ. They have a lot more STP's than Wal*Mart has ST's. It is also possible some of the conventional ones I am finding now will be Ecore by then. The 3593A is a smaller filter, but has plenty of room for as much media as the 3950's have now.
