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As someone who does his own maintenance, I was a bit underwhelmed at the side access past my 35x12.50's. Sure, you can crank the wheel and reach in there, and there's kinda enough room to wiggle past the brake lines if you use your left hand... But why?
So I took a trip to the Amazon jungle and found the needed stuffs, then went out in the shop and whipped up a mounting bracket that slipped into the rear crash bar sleeve. Drilled the needed hole to retain it with a 1/4-20 bolt, and whipped up the two -10 hoses.
Voila! No more trouble changing filters.
I did make one change after these pics were taken. I moved the filter base down on the bracket so the 45° AN fittings weren't so close to the firewall. The filter is still tucked nicely above the bottom plane of the frame out of harms way.
I also debated mounting the filter horizontally (like on the engine) so cracking the seal dumps the oil down, but I've taken a liking to stabbing the bottom of my filters first, and that resolves the oil cascading around the cannisters when you spin them off, and vertical mounting allows pre-filling the filter.
So I took a trip to the Amazon jungle and found the needed stuffs, then went out in the shop and whipped up a mounting bracket that slipped into the rear crash bar sleeve. Drilled the needed hole to retain it with a 1/4-20 bolt, and whipped up the two -10 hoses.
Voila! No more trouble changing filters.
I did make one change after these pics were taken. I moved the filter base down on the bracket so the 45° AN fittings weren't so close to the firewall. The filter is still tucked nicely above the bottom plane of the frame out of harms way.
I also debated mounting the filter horizontally (like on the engine) so cracking the seal dumps the oil down, but I've taken a liking to stabbing the bottom of my filters first, and that resolves the oil cascading around the cannisters when you spin them off, and vertical mounting allows pre-filling the filter.
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