'59 Plymouth Forum

> For all of those who have the 318 V8 with the canister oil filter, you
> can change it to a spin on as follows:
>
> 1. Go to you Chrysler or Dodge dealer and purchase the following: Gasket
> p/n 3671314, Plate p/n 2402103, adapter p/n 3671602. This will allow you
> to use a regular spin on filter such as Mopar #5281090. The nice thing
> about the Mopar filter is that it is black so it look the same as the
> canister, although it is slightly smaller.
>
> 2. Remove your old canister filter and bolt, put it aside.
>
> 3. Place the gasket onto the engine block and hold the plate against it.
>
> 4. screw in the adapter and tighten with a wrench.
>
> 5. Screw on the spin on filter.
>
> If you prefer you can go to a junk yard and take the same parts off a
> later model 318, but use a new gasket when you install them.
>
> The nice thing about this modification is that it can be easily reversed
> if desired since no modifications are necessary to the engine block. I
> did this to my 318 years ago and now changing the oil is easy!
>
> Hope this helps those frustrated finding the canister oil filters and
> changing the canister oil filter.
>
> Bob Hinds