Allison Transmission External Filter Relocation

[iamflagman]

MY ‘BIRD WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW THAT DIDN’T COME WITH AN EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION FILTER, SO WHEN I FOUND ONE AVAILABLE ON ANOTHER ‘BIRD THAT WAS BEING PARTED OUT, I PURCHASED IT. WHEN I HAD IT INSTALLED WE DECIDED THAT INSTALLING IT IN A MORE ACCESSIBLE LOCATION WAS IMPORTANT, AS IN THE STOCK LOCATION YOU HAD TO CRAWL UP UNDER THE ‘BIRD TO CHANGE IT, OR HAVE A PIT TO STAND IN. WE DECIDED TO INSTALL IT DIRECTLY ONTO THE BACKSIDE OF THE RIGHT FRONT STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND SINCE WE WERE HAVING NEW HOSES MADE UP THE NEW LOCATION CREATED NO PROBLEMS THERE, WE JUST MADE SURE THAT THERE WERE EXTRA PIECES OF HOSE WRAPPED AROUND AND ZIP TIED TO THE HOSES WHERE THEY WOULD COME IN CONTACT WITH METAL EDGES AND THEN WE ADDED A THICK PIECE OF ALUMINUM AS A GUARD AGAINST ANY ROAD DEBRIS THAT COULD BE THROWN AGAINST THE FILTER BY THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE THAT CAN BE SEEN JUST PROTRUDING INTO THIS PICTURE ON THE UPPER LEFT. THE FILTER ACTUALLY SITS A LITTLE INBOARD OF THE TIRE LINE, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO THERE IS NO SIGNS OF DEBRIS BEING THROWN AGAINST THE FILTER. (Sorry about the all Caps, this is just a copy off of the photo web site, that is easier than retyping all of it over again)



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