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  1. 07-06-2011 09:14 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
    In a Sunbeam Tiger Owner's discussion there was talk about using a shorty filter instead of the hassles of a remote mounted filter, but they stated,

    I have never heard about this short nipple or the need for it if running the short filters, like the WIX 51335, and NAPA Gold 1335. I'm running the short filter to clear my steering box, but did nothing to the mounting nipple that was in the block. Does anyone know why this would be necessary?

    Why would you need this? Sounds like someone might be using that super short (Volvo maybe??) filter - I'm just using the tried and proven Motorcraft FL300 with a 'standard' nipple:



    EDIT - just looked - that WIX 51335 is the super shorty
    Last edited by IC2; 07-06-2011 at 09:21 AM.
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