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A Series Spin On Oil filters??

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Jedi Knight
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Has anyone ever made a list of which spin-on oil filters will fit a 1275?
It's pretty confusing looing out there in cyberland....
 
Thanks Gerard.
 
My favorite is the NAPA Gold 1348 (wix filter)
 
What Trevor said. Testing has shown the WIX to be among the top rated oil filters. None better.
 
In the past I carried a filter adaptor into the store and checked which filters fit. Both thread-wise and by 'O' ring diameter. What I found, was that most anything "Ford-ish" would fit. Then it was just a case of finding what would meet engine/engine bay clearances. The Fram PH3614 and equivalents fit as well. There are probably some filters that are in between the shorty's and the longer ones that will give a bit more surface area and still allow relatively easy removal and replacement.

Mike Miller
 
I dug up some information on this a while ago, and put it on the Wiki. He're what's there:

Spin-on filter: AC Delco PF53, Fram PH2870A, Purolator L10028.

The filter for mid-80s Chrysler 2.2L engines (Omni, Charger, Horizon, etc.) fits and works perfectly.
 
Years ago, there was a guy that did an extensive examination of virtually all filter brands available. He did extensive comparisons, cutting them open and examining materials and filter quality. He revealed which brand filters were made by whom and cases where products were identical and only labeled as a different brand. He raised the ire of the manufacturers and was threatened with a law suit if he did not take down the site. I think I have the site archived on one of my other drives, but I'd have to search several drives for it.

Anyway, I recall that he considered the Fram to be the worst filter made and that the AC, Purolator and Wix were among the better ones. I usually use the AC when I can find them locally, and I use the Pennzoil brand regularly if I can't find the AC. I'm sure the Mobil 1, K&N and Bosch brands are good, but are more spendy.

I think this might be the same one, perhaps cleaned up and revived. I need to look it over again and see.

https://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/index.html
 
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