Older A2 filter priming

coke · Post by **coke** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:27 am

I'm getting rid of that preheated job on my car. Tired of spending more money for filters and never getting the right o-ring for the T control thingy.

How do you prime the older A2 style filter with the in and out fitting only? Any tips, tricks?

I've looked at using a screw on filter because they're easy to find, cheap, and easy to fill, but this is my 2nd option and the easiest right now.

Post by **Fatmobile** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:15 am

I stick a clear hose on the output and suck on it.
A primer bulb would do the same thing.

coke · Post by **coke** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:17 am

Yeah. One of the posters in the "other" forum recommended vacuum on the out fitting. I asked if a primer bulb would work, from like an outboard motor tank.

Guess I have my answer.

joat · Post by **joat** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:17 am

if you have a brake bleeder vac pump ...

if you have a small funnel and a short piece of hose....

an old squirt bottle ( for diff / tranny grease ) filled with diesel and a short hose...

and old electric fuel pump ...

DanHoug · Post by **DanHoug** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:23 pm

just a caution... a primer bulb will be hard as a rock in cold temps.

a Mighty Vac pump is very handy for this sort of thing and lots of others uses. justifiable expenditure. possibly a bit less expensive, a 'slurp gun' also works, those are just the plunger/cylinder thingys.

in conjunction with the MightyVac, i made a fluid separator out of a widemouth quart Mason canning jar with 2 hose barbs JBWelded thru the lid. on the inside of the lid, run a short section of hose off of the barb and down to the bottom of the jar to keep the fluids from entering the pump.

2 points... use the sealing lids with the *red*, not gray gasket. it used to be that Ball was red and Kerr was gray but now Kerr is owned by Ball and they both use red sealing rings. the gray dissolves with petroleum based fluids.

secondly, a canning jar withstands full pump vacuum without implosion. if you use a thinner walled mayonaise or pickle jar, they are not as strong.

-dan

Quantum TD · Post by **Quantum TD** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:33 pm

Harbor Freight sells a nice vac pump for about $20. About half the price of a Mighty Vac, and it's all metal. I think the Mighty Vac is plastic.

TylerDurden · Post by **TylerDurden** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:03 pm

For various fuel procedures, medical canisters are handy:

http://www.imed.com/p/350CC-Bubble-Humi ... map=191715

I got a few at a thrift-store, but they are prolly sold at pharmacies and surg supply places for a couple bucks.

coke · Post by **coke** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:16 pm

I actually have considered going to this deal:

And of course, this jewel:

Its a 12 micron filter, the stock filter is 20.

Post by **Fatmobile** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:19 pm

Might as well use an old Rabbit filter,.. I think they are 10 micron.

coke · Post by **coke** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:25 pm

Yeah. Its an idea. I'll probably just do it the easy way and go with the same filter type I got now, but I thought the wix screw on was cool.