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Did a little fabricating today

Just posting this as I'm pretty proud of my creations. My head technician and I are not fabricators but I couldn't find anyone to do what I needed. We fabricated brackets for my new dual remote oil filter and water seperator heads. I wanted to increase the oil capacity a bit and I wanted to make filter changes easier. Real estate in my boat is tight so we got creative and fabricated a mount that bolts directly to the bell housing. I recently spent the big $ on having the transom repaired and I wanna mount the least amount of things to it as possible so we figured out a way to mount the water seperator to the stringer. Let me know what you think.

looks good! That's how it starts, Next thing ya know you'll be riggin the whole boat or another or another.

Originally Posted by gn7

Like this? You're going to want to give that some serious reconsideration!!!!!

Not a fan of push lock?

The kit comes with 1/2" lines. Why would there be a need to go bigger?

Originally Posted by N2GLOCK

The kit comes with 1/2" lines. Why would there be a need to go bigger?

You need to remove as much restriction as posible. We use -12 line for the suply and return, for the remote filter. The remote filter kits we get are from rex marine, wich have bigger passages and are also drilled for lareger fitting. The style you have is fine for a car or truck that never sees more than 4000 rpm, but in a boat that cruises at 4000 + rpm all the time,,,,, thats a lot of oil to flow/move.

Originally Posted by Reservoir Dog

You need to remove as much restriction as posible. We use -12 line for the suply and return, for the remote filter. The remote filter kits we get are from rex marine, wich have bigger passages and are also drilled for lareger fitting. The style you have is fine for a car or truck that never sees more than 4000 rpm, but in a boat that cruises at 4000 + rpm all the time,,,,, thats a lot of oil to flow/move.

I have a shop so making up some 3/4" line shouldn't be a problem. I really don't see a need for going beyond that. If I would of mounted the remote head further away, let's say on the transom, then I definitely would go bigger.

Originally Posted by gn7

Not that particular push lock. When I put together a push lock hose, you can't see the barbs in the fitting through the hose. What does that tell you about that hose? I have no problem at all with push lock but would perfer not to use it in places with that much heat and that much pressure. The easiest way to intall push lock is to heat the end of the hose in hot water and lube the fitting. Now lets look at this application, HOT LUBE! Way hotter than hot tap water used to heat the hose! Don't get me wrong, it CAN work. It CAN also fail, I have seen it. Specially THAT hose! Do yourself a favor. If your using those hose and fittings on an oil line, CLAMP IT!


3/4" and -12 is roughly the same size. Each -# is approx equal to 1/16".
Its not just the hose size. Its also the fittings. There is not much you can do with that adaptor because it uses pipe thread fittings, but an adaptor that uses O-ring AN fittings(read more expensive) can utilize o-ring AN fittings that are radiused on the entery.
Compare the fitting with pipe thread to the one with the O-ring in this pic. We're talking the life blood of the engine here guys. No place to cheap out. Save the money on the blingy shit like valve covers.

The cheap remote filter mount I bought in lieu of shiny valve covers has 3/4" ports and it stays the same size inside. It does not neck down internally. The filters this thing uses are 3/4-16 The lines are an issue from what I can tell and that is the only area in which I can agree with you. The lines are 1/2 with 3/4 fittings that neck down internally quite a bit and I can see that being a source for restriction. Looks like I'm gonna have some new 3/4" lines made instead of making them myself. I'm pretty sure that the place I use can build new lines using a true 3/4' fitting. I know that this probably won't make you feel warm and fuzzy inside but maybe it'll make you feel one of the mentioned emotions.