python oil filter
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Topic: python oil filter
Posted By: andy99san
Subject: python oil filter
Date Posted: May-31-2010 at 10:22am
ok boats miles away and i want to change oil when i next go only problem i dont know what oil filter i need can any one help me out
boat is 99 san with the 502 python engine
thanks andy
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Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: May-31-2010 at 1:03pm
I converted mine to the remote kit using the Ford filter. You should do the same. Order the conversion from Bruce at N3 Boatworks. Installing the kit will be the last pain in the ass oil change you have to do on your boat. Filter changes on that beast are a total nightmare. You need to be a 115lb right handed contortionist. None of which I am.
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Mike N
1968 Mustang
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Posted By: andy99san
Date Posted: May-31-2010 at 4:08pm
thanks mike but at the moment i just want to stick with the standard filter, i dont have the side pannels in mine so access will be less of a problem will any filter that should fit a big block work?
andy
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Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: May-31-2010 at 6:21pm
Andy, IIRC it is the same as for the 454. I think there are two sizes capacity wise. I do not remember which I used. I want to say the larger of the two, but it affects your ability to get it in there correctly.
Have you actually changed the filter before? The side panels are the least of your worries... Mine was a nightmare without the ballast tank or the panels. Bring a couple baggies to try and catch the oil filter in as it comes off. And a lot of paper towels...
Back to the lake! Just came up to make a Python sized mojito!!
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Mike N
1968 Mustang
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Posted By: andy99san
Date Posted: May-31-2010 at 6:49pm
no never changed it before but the boat has been under water and not used since i have changed oil twice and had it running on trailer but with it in another country its a bit of a problem i cant just nip down and do a bit of work on it i have to plan ahead.
what is in the way i cant even remember where it is its that long since i have seen it
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Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: June-01-2010 at 11:14am
Wow. What happened?
The filter is on the starboard side, way underneath the engine. Everything is in the way. The best thing to do is get it loosened a little, get a big ziplock bag around it and start spinning it off. As it comes off it will get really hard to get any grip on it because of the oil that comes out. once it comes off you have to wiggle and turn it a bit, it comes out a little forward of where it is mounted. You have to try to not catch the bag on anything cause it will rip and make a huge mess.
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Mike N
1968 Mustang
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