1. Home
  2. ⏣ General Metalworking
  3. so here's a question - were these huge filters REALLY used on cars?

so here's a question - were these huge filters REALLY used on cars?

what follows is something of a shaggy dog story, a link to ebay, and a question - with that warning, read or ignore as you see fit. The object in question is made of steel, so the mandatory metal content is satisfied, and I even had to use an extractor to remove a piece I broke, so there is some minor metal working content too.

About 20 years ago (plus or minus a few), at a swap meet I bought an external canister oil filter thinking I might use it on a 36 cadillac I had started restoring (by the way, the car still isn't done - but that probably doesn't surprise anyone - there's a photo or two on my web page, wbnoble.com). The filter came in a burlap bag, and when I decided that it wasn't sufficiently original for my tastes, I hung it from the rafters of my garage and pretty much forgot about it. Yesterday I looked up and noticed that the burlap was starting to tear, so I took it down, wiped the dust off it and put it on ebay - if I haven't used it in 20 years, the theory goes, then I probably don't need it - but in the process of making up the listing, I did a bunch of searching, found a catalog that listed it (all these things are in the auction, here

formatting link
I read the catalog description. This is a very large filter, but they say it is for cars (!) with a crank case capacity of up to 6 quarts - so that would be typical of most cars up through the 70s - 5 quarts being a pretty common capacity. The filter itself holds 3 quarts - and it's really quite big - bigger even than the ones that used toilet paper as the filter medium.

So my question is were these things REALLY used on cars or was this more for a truck or tractor application - somehow I just can't imagine it on a regular passanger car - maybe they were used on taxis? Anyone on this group remember these things and their usage? It's not at all clear what makes them so special, to me it looks just like a giant canister oil filter - am I missing something?

Reply to
William Noble
Loading thread data ...

This is a very common filter. They have been made by hundreds of different manufacturers over the years world wide. The size of the filter determines more than anything else, the pressure drop across the unit and the argument is the bigger the better. Filters can operate in 2 modes, full flow or bypass flow. This particular filter is clearly a bypass flow device because of the small fitting size, so these do NOT work in all applications. Steve

Reply to
Steve Lusardi

My 39 supercharged Graham came with a bypass filter from the factory. My question to you is; Where do you live? My dad and I are going on tour next month in his freshly restored 1936 Series 70 Cadillac convertable, from Jackson, California. Having worked as a restorationist I did a few things on this car, but he spent 5 years bring it from a basket case to a beauty.

formatting link
Dad may still have some sand-cast brass door handles and hood onraments. that need finishing. Possibly bumper guards and pontoon fenders as well.

Reply to
Stupendous Man

Luber-Finer filters are typically used on trucks and off-road equipment. This is a universal filter assembly that is very common. In 38 years in the auto parts business, I have never seen one on a passenger car or light truck.

Reply to
Rex

I would say yes, Where I used to work we used the larger Luber-lifer filters, 10" dia x 20" tall, on industrial pumps, they were made for use on diesel trucks. Filters were cheap, under $10.00 a real bargain in my mind for one that big.

It was a model 750, which is not on their web site.

Thank You, Randy

Remove 333 from email address to reply.

Reply to
Randy

-------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page:

formatting link
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses

-------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence is Vulnerability:

-------------------------------------------------------------- "Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal" "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."

Reply to
JR North

You can look me up in the Cad Lasalle membership directory.

** Posted from
formatting link
**
Reply to
William Noble

Glad to be of service - cofee is quite effective - nearly as good as simple green - at cleaning the face of your monitor - and it's also really good for keyboards, and it gives a nice aged look to paper "genuine 150 year old deed to this here bridge - just look at the age of it"

** Posted from
formatting link
**
Reply to
William Noble

Don't know too much about coffee on keyboards, but beer makes them sticky. A good spray down with isopropyl alcohol and blow out with compressed air, repeated several times can rescue a favoured cordless keyboard but it's good idea to turn off the computer while you do this else you may get some strange results DAMHIKT. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Reply to
Gerald Miller

PolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.