steelraptor
New Member
Well it's my first post here, I have had my 6.5 GMC for a while now and well love the thing to death. Ended up having to put a motor in a little over a year ago due to some nasty cracks in the block.
Well the sad part is the guy who did it for me ended up kinda screwing me over. I thought it was a good deal till I say some of his after installation "fixes"
I think I have chased down most of the problems except for my grounds still gotta fix those, but my main issue is this...
The oil lines were totally botched. He somehow installed them and it's been insanely hard to put oil filters on or take them off. Basically the lines literally scrap the filter as its put off/taken off. Not only that, the lines also leak right where they meet the filter adapter. So he slapped some expoy on there and sad I "fixed" the leak, only for it to leak again and I find it now... Well since I don't have loads of cash as I live on my own now, work, and go to college I need to fix my only means of transportation without paying 100$ an hr at a shop around here.
I bought a filter adapter plate that screws into the existing filter threads and a remote filter mount to mount anywhere I want to place a filter.
My problem as of now is finding some 1/2inch braided lines with NPT fittings and how to connect it all up.
Is it possible to remove the 4x4 filter adapter and just slap my filter adapter right up to the block instead of it coming out in the crappy spot behind the wheel and no longer have the filter 4x4 adapter? Also would the lubrication specialist kit work to in that situation? I really want to eliminate the OEM lines and the OEM filter location to make oil changes faster/easier/less messy and reduce nasty oil line failures.
If it's all possible all I need to get then is the
- Lubrication specialist kit
- Oil lines.... (Any help here?)
- and filter bolt/thread to put into the block
Thanks for any help and well this form is pretty awesome! Can't wait to do the A-Team turbo one day and some meth injection xD
I hope I'm welcome here ^_^
Mike
Well the sad part is the guy who did it for me ended up kinda screwing me over. I thought it was a good deal till I say some of his after installation "fixes"
I think I have chased down most of the problems except for my grounds still gotta fix those, but my main issue is this...
The oil lines were totally botched. He somehow installed them and it's been insanely hard to put oil filters on or take them off. Basically the lines literally scrap the filter as its put off/taken off. Not only that, the lines also leak right where they meet the filter adapter. So he slapped some expoy on there and sad I "fixed" the leak, only for it to leak again and I find it now... Well since I don't have loads of cash as I live on my own now, work, and go to college I need to fix my only means of transportation without paying 100$ an hr at a shop around here.
I bought a filter adapter plate that screws into the existing filter threads and a remote filter mount to mount anywhere I want to place a filter.
My problem as of now is finding some 1/2inch braided lines with NPT fittings and how to connect it all up.
Is it possible to remove the 4x4 filter adapter and just slap my filter adapter right up to the block instead of it coming out in the crappy spot behind the wheel and no longer have the filter 4x4 adapter? Also would the lubrication specialist kit work to in that situation? I really want to eliminate the OEM lines and the OEM filter location to make oil changes faster/easier/less messy and reduce nasty oil line failures.
If it's all possible all I need to get then is the
- Lubrication specialist kit
- Oil lines.... (Any help here?)
- and filter bolt/thread to put into the block
Thanks for any help and well this form is pretty awesome! Can't wait to do the A-Team turbo one day and some meth injection xD
I hope I'm welcome here ^_^
Mike