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Started by azdriver, May 27, 2025, 07:03:46 PM

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azdriver

May 27, 2025, 07:03:46 PM Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 08:04:55 PM by azdriver
Would the oil cooler filter adapter be painted engine color?

Has anyone found a source for the gasket?


Thanks, Pat

Bob Gaines

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May 27, 2025, 07:37:18 PM Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 07:38:50 PM by Bob Gaines
Quote from: azdriver on May 27, 2025, 07:03:46 PMWould the oil cooler filter adapter be painted engine color?

Has anyone found a source for the gasket?


Thanks, Pat
It was not painted with the engine. I typically modify my own starting with a typical black gasket. Many original are now too brittle to work with.
Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby

azdriver

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May 27, 2025, 07:42:20 PM
My gasket is still somewhat soft but would like to get a new one if possible...

Pat

Bob Gaines

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May 27, 2025, 07:43:41 PM
Quote from: azdriver on May 27, 2025, 07:42:20 PMMy gasket is still somewhat soft but would like to get a new one if possible...

Pat
Great then it can serve as a good pattern.
Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby

shelbydoug

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May 27, 2025, 07:48:49 PM
Quote from: azdriver on May 27, 2025, 07:03:46 PMWould the oil cooler filter adapter be painted engine color?

Has anyone found a source for the gasket?


Thanks, Pat

Mine uses a take off from an oil filter.
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

azdriver

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May 27, 2025, 08:05:13 PM
Pics added...

Pat

Bob Gaines

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May 27, 2025, 08:12:44 PM
My posts were in regards to the Ford oil filter adapter however the same applies to using your original as a pattern to make another.  No one I am aware reproduces this part. It shouldn't be too hard to find a similar material to make a gasket from. You will just have to think outside the box.
Bob Gaines,Shelby Enthusiast, Shelby Collector , Shelby Concours judge SAAC,MCA,Mid America Shelby

shelbydoug

#7
May 27, 2025, 08:19:24 PM
We've had this discussion before. The answers are the same.

Where exactly the source of that gasket is from,  no one seems to know.

You could take a better detailed picture of it and post it on the Google photo search engine of "what is this?"

Maybe you will get lucky and discover where it was sourced from? It has to be some sort of an industrial application but the Ford parts book remarks "sourced from Fram" along with a number that no longer crosses to anything.
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

azdriver

#8
May 27, 2025, 09:39:37 PM
I ordered a couple of different flat o-rings so I will see how they fit.

Thanks, Pat

azdriver

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June 08, 2025, 11:16:04 AM
I got a R-333 square O-ring that is 2 1/2" I.D. 2 7/8" O.D. and 3/16" cross section. It fits in the groove very well. Looks like it should work.

Pat

Scode67FB

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June 08, 2025, 11:22:06 PM
The adapter looks a lot like the adapter used on 80's cop cars. Maybe a gasket could be found searching that option?
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