Re: Factory A/C Questions

Posted by HH56 On 2017/5/29 15:49:35

The long tube looks very straight. I wonder if it might have been a bit deformed over the years. If it will miss the fill tube and water manifold, the small one should work on the bottom with the straight fitting in the block and the 90 elbow on the filter. That would keep the filter fairly close to the way it was when on the drivers side. Mine is just the reverse of that. I wonder if there was a difference in years. Mine was copied off a 56 but who knows if that was even original.

The filter on the engine above has the inlet and outlet reversed. On the very first 356 filters when, I think they used Purolator canisters, it was done that way. After the first year or two believe all factory supplied were inlet on the side and outlet on the bottom. Some of the aftermarket filter assys still had the bottom inlet into the early 50s. I don't suppose it matters much unless the center pipe has the tiny holes. Those could get clogged easily with dirty oil hitting them first. Also, the comparatively small surface in the center of the filter would get full of dirt quicker than the large circumference around the outer edge.