Maybe you are already doing this?
I leave the canister upside down in a dainpan while the oil is draining
out of the engine. I like to let the oil drain for at least an hour.
When I'm ready to put things back together I clean up what's left in the
canister.
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, tcape wrote:
> All the recent posts about oil filters reminds me of an issues I'd been
> meaning to post. What kind of filter fits in the old oil filter cannister
> on a 1953 235 engine? The last two times I've changed my oil, my nextdoor
> neighbor (who owns an engine rebuilding shop) gave me a filter to use. I
> believe they are from an older F**d engine. He had them laying around his
> shop. I like Fram filters....any ideas which Fram will fit??
>
> Also, when I change the filter, I have lots of old, dirty oil left in the
> bottom of the cannister after I take the old filter out. I have to soak it
> out with paper towels. This is incredibly messy. Is there a better way?
> Am I missing a simpler way to get the old oil out of the cannister? Many
> thanks for your help!
> Tom Caperton
> '47 2nd 3100
>
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> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
Thanks,
-JLS
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