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Old 09-04-2021, 03:12 PM   #13
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Default Re: Oil filter conversion sucks!

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Originally Posted by 5851a View Post
A friend told me 55 the spin on was optional and in 56 was standard with cannister optional. Not sure if statement is true fact but seems should be more Y blocks in salvage with the original heavy stamping than canister type. I don't have a Y in the barn but have read the fiber gasket and original stamping is what you want.
CRS, I vaguely remember seeing a post from someone of a Service Advisory letter from Ford to their dealer service depts, possibly dated November of '56 ?, announcing the change to a "new" spin-on filter. With the actual change happening in the first couple months of '57
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