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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote andyleonard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Aug/22/2017 at 11:11pm
I bought a NOS filter assembly to put on the 58 flathead and it's pretty obvious it wants to go on the passenger side and drop the lines straight down to the tapped and plugged pressure rail ridge on the block just above the pan joint.

Putting it on the driver's side looks like a PITA.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote farna Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Aug/23/2017 at 6:57am
After a little research it appears that the L-head had the oil filter on the right (US passenger side) and the OHV on the left. Except for L-heads equipped with AC -- then the filter would have to be moved to the right... or somewhere else. Few L-heads sold with AC, I would think, but the 63 American TSM shows the L-head AC bracket in the AC section... of all things the L-head bracket! It basically bolts on where the oil filter usually was with the AC compressor hanging below the bracket (with another flat plate bracket on the front for added support). OHV used a cast bracket that bolted to the side of the engine -- I had one of those. Have to look in the 63 big car TSM to see it.
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thanks for that frank! this trivia drives me nuts :-)

1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5
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