oil filter adapter neck

[Kylan]

so i got new long block for my truck and i have pretty much everything hooked up and ready to go, only one problem, the oil filter adapter does not fit on the new block. instead of a male to female connection it's male to male.

i went to the junk yard today to take one off another engine to see what it looks like, and it was male to female.

did ford make them different for different year blocks??

 

[Kylan]

anyone have a clue?

 

[Kylan]

people must not understand my question so i got some pictures, hopefully someone will know something about this, anyway

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this is my oil filter housing

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this is where it would attach to the block

notice that they are both male connections, i think this may be a different year block and i'm going to have to get a different oil filter adapter but i'm not sure. so just wondering if anyone knows the difference with this between different blocks

 

[MAKG]

That fitting probably just unscrews with a hex key (or even just your fingers). It came off in the donor block when the old housing was removed....

 

[Kylan]

tried with my fingers, its on tight. tried lightly with channel locks and it didn't move, didn't wanna damage the threads. should i just take vice grips to it and crank it off?

 

[MAKG]

You can bet it wasn't installed with vise grips. There is a way to turn it. Some of them have a hex cavity inside. Look closely. Use the correct tool or you'll wreck it AND fail to get it out.

 

[woodyedmiston]

Vise Grips

The only real use for vice grips is a violation of the Geneva Convention.

However, could you square your camera around so we can see inside that darn fitting? MAKG is right there could be a hex key slot in there and screwing the end of it up is not a good thing. Is the outside of that thing threaded, can't tell from the picture.

 

[Kylan]

the outside is threaded, and i took a flashlight to look inside and there is no hex slot. it's hollow. they really screwed me on this one

 

[almostclueless]

If it's threaded on, the double-nut trick might make it easy to unscrew it

 

[woodyedmiston]

Double Nut

Double nuts might work in that short space if you got two or three nuts from an electrical box fitting, they are the same thread and only about .120 thick.

Maybe put lots of penetrating oil on it first, then maybe some heat - being careful not to get a lot of heat localized on the block itself - just the fitting.

Or - if you get desperate - tape off the face/holes on the side of the block, pack the center of the fitting with some tissue and grease, then cross drill the fitting with 1/4 drill. Then you could use a Phillips screwdriver as a handle to twist it out of there.

That fitting should have screwed out with your housing. That means we know right from the get go - there is something overtighened or . . .

What's the potential for your taking the whole mess back where you got it and asking for another, ask them to take it out . . . it was a rebuilt motor right?