[AT] Dodge diesel oil filter number

[Robert L. Holtzer]

Those bolts could be a bit fragile -- especially with an all-thumbs kid 
(like me) working on it!!

Bob Holtzer

At 09:13 AM 4/10/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Bob, I see the Cockshutt tractors on this farm have the same idea to
>restrict oil flow and build pressure. A small hole in the brass T fitting on
>the side of the engine head.
>And yes, I recall the banjo fitting and drilled stud on the top of the
>engine at the back of the old Ford flathead engines too. I learned a hard
>lesson that you can not apply too much torque on this type of bolt without
>twisting it off.
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Robert L. Holtzer <rholtzer at earthlink.net>
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 8:53 AM
>Subject: Re: [AT] Dodge diesel oil filter number
>
>
> > These old non-full flow systems usually have a restriction somewhere in
>the
> > flow path -- they didn't depend on the filter for creating pressure to the
> > engine.  At least this has been the case in several systems I've seen over
> > the years.  For example, the old flat-head Fords had a drilled bolt that
> > metered flow through the by-pass line.  Farmall has a metering hole in the
> > central bolt that holds the filter housing in place.   On the other hand,
> > I've had little exposure to "rag" filter systems -- are they different?  I
> > will look more closely at the Cletrac next time I change the filter.  It
> > has a cloth filter that fits over a post as I recall.
> >
> > Bob Holtzer
>
>
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