Mike, is your leak at the block? Maybe the oil filter plate is warped... I sure you know the drill of taking it off and wacking it with a hammer, in a controlled, precise manner, of coarse.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Yes it is at the block.  I have reformed the plate in the past.  It seems to dribble all around that area.  Really tired of fartnig around with it. 

Did I read somewhere that John Mummert has a good strong, machined, cannister to spin-on adapter?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Check out this link for an article by the late Walt Knuckles on this subject. Chuck

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/tech/html/oil_filter.html

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Walt Knuckles procedure is the method I used.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Hi Mike, Don't know if this will help but another filter that will work is the NAPA Gold #1085 for Chrysler applications.  Approx. 3 5/8" tall.  Good luck, Nick Brann - K.C., MO

Nick, thanks a lot.  I bet that is the filter I was looking for, and Chrysler seemed to be bangin around in the memory.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I saw it on the net somewhere so I went and bought one. Mac's has a very sturdy adapter and they also have an extra thick gasket.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Mike;

For what it's worth, I use a Hastings #F107 short filter

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

I am logging all these numbers in a file .

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

       Okay,one more----Motorcraft FL 300 about 1/2 the length of a Motorcraft FL-1A  KID