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    Strange Fuel Filter

    Hey Guys,

    My friend has an '83 Tudor Crown Vic. He picked up the regular inline fuel filter that everywhere has marked for his car but when he went to install it, he found a different style fuel filter installed. (See attached image) It's completely different and I can't seem to find any where that will list what cars it's for. Autozone says they can't even order the part anymore. It does look like you can get it from Amazon though.

    Anyone ever see one of these before on a Crown Vic or know what it normally comes on?

    Thanks!
    -Erik
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    '78 LTD | '87 Grand Marquis | '89 Crown Vic (RIP) | '91 Grand Marquis (RIP) | '94 Town Car (RIP) | '97 Town Car (RIP)

    #2
    never seen that one... or course I've never seen anything older than my 88 from that position.

    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
    rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
    Originally posted by gadget73
    ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
    Originally posted by dmccaig
    Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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      #3
      I've never seen a fuel filter like that either. Here's a link indicating it was used only on certain models from 81-83:

      http://www.uwantparts.com/oem/101173...aft-fg791.html

      There's some listed on eBay. Here's the cheapest one I saw, listed for only $2.00 plus $3.95 shipping (compared to $2.99 plus $6.00 shipping on Amazon):

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/Filter-Oil-M...0d56be&vxp=mtr
      Last edited by IPreferDIY; 09-16-2014, 02:34 PM.

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      mods: air filter box 'tuba', headlight relay harness, J-mod (around 186,350 km), 70mm throttle body, KYB Gas-A-Just shocks, aluminum driveshaft, ARA3 PCM

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        #4
        correction, I've seen the bottom of my 82 Mark from that position, but it uses the same one the rest of them do.

        Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
        rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
        Originally posted by gadget73
        ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
        Originally posted by dmccaig
        Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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          #5
          fg791 crosses to a wix 33359 fuel filter if you cant find a motorcraft

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            #6
            New one on me.
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            1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

            Originally posted by phayzer5
            I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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              #7
              I think it was a one year only thing. Someone else on here has that same set up.
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                #8
                Interesting. That seems to be the conclusion I'm coming to as well with my searching. Seems to be a one off thing for that year.

                This got me thinking and it looks like Ford used a whole bunch of fuel filters for the early years on the Crown Vic. (Changing basically every other year)

                1979/1980:


                1981/1982:


                1983:


                1984-1991:

                '78 LTD | '87 Grand Marquis | '89 Crown Vic (RIP) | '91 Grand Marquis (RIP) | '94 Town Car (RIP) | '97 Town Car (RIP)

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by slack View Post
                  1981/1982:
                  The '81-82 you pictured is actually a carburetor fuel filter, my '83 uses it, and I'm sure all the cars with a 2150 do regardless of year.

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                    #10
                    The earliest ones are carb low pressure jobbers as mentioned. Not EFI compatible. I'm a little surprised that some '83 cars have a spin-on type though. Lincolns came with fuel injection on the 302 starting in 1980. I think those used the same filter the later cars used. Curious why the Ford model got a different filter in ''83.
                    86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                    5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                    91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                    1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                    Originally posted by phayzer5
                    I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                      #11
                      Thanks for the info. RockAuto didn't specify which were for carbs and which were for CFI.

                      '78 LTD | '87 Grand Marquis | '89 Crown Vic (RIP) | '91 Grand Marquis (RIP) | '94 Town Car (RIP) | '97 Town Car (RIP)

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                        #12
                        I only did a half hearted search on the wix number yesterday 81-84 Lincolns seemed to be the primary users.

                        Alex.

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