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And you lived to tell the tale!

Jselph:

There is one other way you might want to consider. Put the whole thing in a bowl and fill the bowl with white vinegar.
let it set for 24 hours. At that point it should come unstuck. This was done on my Patrician engine after sitting for 8 years. I have been running on that engine for the last 10 years.

Good luck

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That must have been a BIG bowl, and you must have needed a lot of vinegar!

Ba Da Bing <Rim Shot>

Just a note to again thank everyone for the suggestions. I put the entire assembly in carb cleaner and took it out this weekend. It had separated on it's own after soaking. I washed and dried everything and it almost looks like new. There was nothing that even resembled a filter element inside the bowl, so am I missing something or is it just supposed to be an empty bowl?
I know that HH56 shows a paper filter element and cork gaskets, but this one had a one piece rubber gasket and nothing else.
Thanks,
John

There should be a white ceramic element in there. But the original one in mine was disolved to nothing also. I ended up buying a complete new filter and element off of ebay for about $10.

They make two different sizes of elements. One taller than the other one. You need the smaller of the two.

Also there should have been a little spring in the bottom of the bowl that hold the element in place. If you are missing both the element and the spring, then just try to buy a NOS assembly, or do Howard's conversion.

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There is normally a ceramic type element about 3/4 ht of bowl and slightly less in diameter held in position by a spring at bottom. I have not been able to find the correct size replacement aftermarket. At one time I checked with a Packard vendor with no luck but that may have changed. The one I did find was for another make & was too large diameter and expensive, hence the effort to replace with modern paper which is detailed on the site. Another poster improved on my effort if you do a search. Recently I saw that restoration supply company has same type setup but with replaceable paper element. It's on page 11 of their catalog but unknown if it would fit either.

Edit: just saw Kevs post and 10 bucks is the way to go. If I remember, the price for the wrong one was close to 20 and the paper one on rest supply is 12. My paper retrofit was also about 10 plus stuff I had around.

Try this url. I bought element with gasket and a new spring.
http://www.chrysler300club.com/rcmstuff/filter/filt2.html

27) Carter NOS ceramic fuel filter elements with gasket,
$16ea. Gasket only $3.ea. New zinc plated springs for
elements, $4 ea.

On ebay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1934-36-41-54-CHEVY-FORD-OLDS-DODGE-CARTER-FUEL-FILTER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34198QQihZ019QQitemZ290218888186QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1957-58-59-MOPAR-PLYMOUTH-CARTER-FUEL-FILTER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34198QQihZ018QQitemZ280212511568QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW


I bought one exactly like the red one pictured, and just used my original filter body. I basically bought it for the new element and gasket, and cleaner spring.

O.K.

bad choice of words. The mechanic poured white vineger down the spark plug hole in each cylinder and waited 24 hours. been running on the engine ever since.