Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/10/31 14:58:45

Thanks all for the advice regarding the fuel filter. I'm hoping to get everything back together and get the car started in a week or two. Finding out how much was incorrect (or missing) is setting me back as I wait to try and obtain parts.


Drained the oil today and it definitely smelled of gas. Fairly dirty, but nowhere near the solid black that came out the first time I changed the oil.

Going to put Rotella 15W-40 in this time and have a new filter as well.

I'm looking at the filter canister though, and I'm not sure the filter I put in there is doing anything. The canister appears to be an old Fram, and the filter I have doesn't fill the space. I have another filter canister in a box of stuff that came with the car, and I'm assuming it's original to the car. On that one there are two holes in the center pipe, but I see no such holes on the Fram. It almost looks like the exit for the oil is below where the filter sits, so oil comes in, skips the filter and goes back out. Am I missing something here?

I'd probably rather have the old canister back on, but I think the bracket is too big, and there are no other brackets in my box of spare parts.

-Kevin

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