Full-Flow Filter Housing Disassembly

[Matt Wilson]

Does anyone know if the full-flow filter housing can be disassembled?  This unit is new to me and pretty gunky, so I'd like to take it apart and clean it, if that's possible.  In particular, I'd like to clean the spring-loaded valve in the tip of the stem, and it will be easier to give it a good clean if I can take it out of the stem.  I tried sticking a screw driver sideways through the holes near the tip of the stem and tried to unscrew the stem, but it seems like it doesn't unscrew (not surprising) but I didn't try very hard for fear of messing up something.

 

Any other way to take the valve and spring out?

 

Thanks.

Edited January 31, 2022 by Matt Wilson

[White Spyder]

You can just soak it in cleaning solution and then throughly rinse. Make sure you use the proper copper “cup crush” washers when reconnecting the lines. I got them through Grainger.  

[Greg51T&CWagon]

Mine appears to have a different core in that tube, it 'looks' like it is a press and turn to release the core spring etc in mine. I believe the tube is fixed. I used a parts cleaner to run a bunch of cleaner through the tube to flush it. 

[wallytoo]

1 hour ago, White Spyder said:

You can just soak it in cleaning solution and then throughly rinse. Make sure you use the proper copper “cup crush” washers when reconnecting the lines. I got them through Grainger.  

 

what lines?  this connects directly to the boss on the block.  there are no external lines.

[White Spyder]

Mine has tubes coming off the block to the canister mounted up at the top of the motor close to the firewall. 

[Dodgeb4ya]

6 hours ago, White Spyder said:

You can just soak it in cleaning solution and then throughly rinse. Make sure you use the proper copper “cup crush” washers when reconnecting the lines. I got them through Grainger.  

Inverted copper crush washers are only used on the 1946-48 Chrysler six large diameter steel oil filter pipe lines where flared at the tube ends.

1949-54 Chrysler's sixes have the aluminum oil filter canister bolted to the block with no external oil lines.

[wagoneer]

5 hours ago, Dodgeb4ya said:

Inverted copper crush washers are only used on the 1946-48 Chrysler six large diameter steel oil filter pipe lines where flared at the tube ends.

1949-54 Chrysler's sixes have the aluminum oil filter canister bolted to the block with no external oil lines.

these lines have a beautiful rose gold Color to them. I was going to put them back on today. I didn’t realise I needed crushable washers. Thanks

 

[wallytoo]

9 hours ago, White Spyder said:

Mine has tubes coming off the block to the canister mounted up at the top of the motor close to the firewall. 

 

you don’t have the same filter housing as the thread-starter (matt).

[wagoneer]

14 hours ago, White Spyder said:

You can just soak it in cleaning solution and then throughly rinse. Make sure you use the proper copper “cup crush” washers when reconnecting the lines. I got them through Grainger.  

 

do you remember what size washer specifically?

[Matt Wilson]

19 hours ago, White Spyder said:

You can just soak it in cleaning solution and then throughly rinse. Make sure you use the proper copper “cup crush” washers when reconnecting the lines. I got them through Grainger.  

As others have indicated, I think my filter setup is different from yours, but I may end up soaking it in solvent and thoroughly rinsing it, as you suggested, if I can't find a way to disassemble it.

[Matt Wilson]

19 hours ago, Greg51T&CWagon said:

Mine appears to have a different core in that tube, it 'looks' like it is a press and turn to release the core spring etc in mine. I believe the tube is fixed. I used a parts cleaner to run a bunch of cleaner through the tube to flush it. 

Thanks.  I'll do a little more cleaning on it and have a better look to see if there's a way to push and turn it to release it or not.  If not, then I'll just have to do like White Spyder suggested and soak the heck out of it and rinse it really well.  I've got engine cleaning brushes in a variety of sizes, so I'll be running those up through the oil passages too.

Edited February 2, 2022 by Matt Wilson

[White Spyder]

On 2/2/2022 at 6:03 AM, wagoneer said:

 

do you remember what size washer specifically?

Check out this thread.