Not much to report today. Met a guy at the shop dropping an 01 Dodge Cummins off for lift and injection pump swap. Got the next service truck in the shop to be setup. Drained the fuel, put fresh in. Fired the old girl up. Ran about 5 min then plugged the fuel water sep. None on hand. None in town. None in tulsa. Wtf. Had DMiller grab the three he could get since he’s coming down later next week. Ordered 3 off Amazon be here Monday. Then I went down the wormhole…..
That little 6BT runs one filter, 33472. So I says to myself, self, we need a water separator primary then a good secondary. I know from past experience a 33358 will spin right on where the 33472 was. So I search filter bases, find what I want, order it and a couple BF1212’s.
But wait, there’s more…..
I want better than that little 10 micron 358. Same filter base I got will run a Cat 1R-0749 or 0750. So I put a second one in the cart. Why, you ask? Why not says I.
So a few new hoses and I’ll ditch the factory filter head which on this ford is kinda wonky anyway. I’ll run a BF1212 or Cat 175-2949 primary and the 749 or 750 secondary. I have to plumb in a fuel tank anyway. Under cab step tank is rusty, on the passenger side and only 35 gal. I took an 85 gallon off a truck in my private boneyard and it’ll go drivers side.
Truck is a 94 Ford F-600 or 650 I don’t recall. 6BT, Allison auto. Only drag is the Lucas Girling brakes. The little 5.9 still has the tamper screw on the pump….but not for long. It’ll get a fuel plate, governor spring kit, AFC kit and a little bump in timing. I love those motors!