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Old 10-12-2015, 06:47 PM   #11
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Re: Front drive shaft contacts my oil filter

When mine hit (Passenger back tire in the air) it crushed the edge of the mating surface between the filter and the block adapter. I finished the trail, drove 15 miles, stopped for dinner and then drove 50 miles home without a problem. It wasn't until it sat in my driveway for several hours and it cooled down. When I started it up to move it over it started spraying a stream from the damaged area. I had a big V shaped oil stain on my driveway and street for about 2 years after that. The block adapter was ruined and none were available because the engine was still so new to Ford. So the AMSOil Bypass was really my only solution. Of course I meticulously followed the SMB install instructions and so for 4+ years after that the oil was circulating in reverse. The moral of the story - following Mikes suggestions might not fully mitigate the issue under extreme front driver side compression. Of course the difference between stock and the BPD oil filter adapter might make some difference to that risk.

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Old 10-12-2015, 07:52 PM   #12
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Re: Front drive shaft contacts my oil filter

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That looks nice, we've had to do the same thing a few times. Is that a custom machined adapter piece to the remote lines?
Chris: According to the invoice he started with this:

https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-produ...?code=BP402-EA

There was some drilling and tapping on it I know. The hoses were upgraded to 1/2 I.D.
Cool, thanks. I've found a similar piece, does the same thing basically.
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Old 10-12-2015, 07:54 PM   #13
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Re: Front drive shaft contacts my oil filter

For those of you that don't have the Amsoil or BPD system we have a kit to clock the filter out of harms way.



Part # OF001, $395
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Old 10-16-2015, 11:51 PM   #14
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Re: Front drive shaft contacts my oil filter

I had the interference problem off road whenever I pulled the sway bar links. I checked with SMB, Amsoil and Sinister Diesel and none of them could provide the remote mounting adapters for my '06 PSD. I went with the U-Joint offroad filter rotation kit.

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Old 10-17-2015, 12:02 AM   #15
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Re: Front drive shaft contacts my oil filter

I got my AMSOil Bypass kit from SMB with their custom block adaptor replacement. I knew of it because it was on their option list and opted not to get it on the original build. At some point they made this kit standard on their SMB 4x4 system so I don't understand why they couldn't provide you one like they did for me in 2005. Ancient history now but it does make me curious.
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Old 10-18-2015, 11:35 AM   #16
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IIRC I thought the kit was a joint effort by SMB & the guy (Jim) selling AMSOIL to SMB???
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