Horizontal Oil Filter Adapter

92/4.0/AW4

As you can tell by my Jeeps year (92) I have the vertical style oil filter adapter. I would love to switch to the horizontal style for two reasons:

- ease of removing pass. side motor mount.
- 1 qt filter option.


Anyone done this using a late model adapter? Is it plug and play? I have to do my o-rings anyway, so I figured now would be a good time to check into it.

yes bolt on, get the three o rings from the dealer.

Part numbers for the "newer" style horizontal adapter:

Adapter (body) p/n 53020080
Bolt p/n 53020237
O-ring kit p/n 4720363 (I think)
Connector p/n 53007563

Oh and a T-60 Torx bit

Hope this helps

Thanks guys!

Ok I already got the three o-rings for a 92 jeep...are they the same as the newer o-rings?

MoparManiac said:

92/4.0/AW4

As you can tell by my Jeeps year (92) I have the vertical style oil filter adapter. I would love to switch to the horizontal style for two reasons:

- ease of removing pass. side motor mount.
- 1 qt filter option.


Anyone done this using a late model adapter? Is it plug and play? I have to do my o-rings anyway, so I figured now would be a good time to check into it.

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Here is a write up that should answer your questions, just so you know you can just get the connector "nipple" new or at the pick&pull off newer engine and rotate your existing adapter to the horizontal position. pick and pull didn’t charge me for the two connectors I got so the upgrade was free

look under "engine" Oil Filter Conversions

http://www.madxj.com/

do i need a new nipple? Mines a '92 so the threads should be the same.

Jeepsloth said:

Oh and a T-60 Torx bit

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My 93 required a 9/16 allen head. I had to go to autozone to find one this size (it was in a pack of 3 or 4) and then I had to cut it in half in order to clear the space in there. Also had to remove the engine mount bolt. I put the allen head into a 9/16 box wrench, put a 2 foot lead pipe onto the box wrench and PRESTO! Came out without issue. Same to reinstall.

Here's a pic of my setup.



Another pic of the wrench all rigged up.



Finally, a pic of how much I cut the bit down compared to the set I bought. Of course, that's my pipe used to coerce the wrench taking up part of the frame.