so i got one of the fleetguard filter set-ups off Ebay and its alot bigger than i thought.

is there any problem with me mounting this in the trunk next to my tank?

I know it will take longer for the coolent to warm it up but it WILL NOT fit under the hood.

What vehicle are you putting it in? I mounted mine inside my truck behind the drivers seat.

I have the same filter! Looks great, can't wait to put it in. I have a 97 cummins 12 valve. I don't know on your cummins, or I guess even what you're putting it in, but on my cummins, it's going to fit between the battery and the intake tube. I'm going to make a bracket, that will sit between the battery and tray.

well i was planning on putting it under the hood in my 80 240D but now i might put it in the trunk. but it will take longer to heat up that far away from the engine. I did get the one with the 12v 180W electric heater in it.

seems like there should be plenty of room under the hood of a 240. some peeps have moved/ replaced the washer reservior with a smaller one.

My 300TD had the huge(5L?) res, and I replaced it w/ a smaller one so I could mount a filter next to it.

i can move the washer reservoir but the filter is too tall i will have to drill a hole and it will stick out the bottom.

I just installed the very tall DavCO 234 in the trunk of my 83 300DT. I fabricated a metal cradle to hold the aux tank and included a mounting bracket for the filter. I bolted the tank on the far left in the trunk and the filter hangs into the left pocket. Seems to work fine. Takes about 4+ miles to warm up.

i might make something to mount it on the tank. i picked up this 28gallon boat tank for $75

on a 300d i relocated the ww bottle to the other side and mounted in that corner. i drilled in the inner fender well and the bowl and drain valve sticks out the bottom. worked our really well.

that is a great filter. i have literally gotten a year of use from the element with daily use.

i don't like sucking the fuel thru the filter. you will get many more miles from a filter forcing the oil thru with pressure. i think putting in the trunk and the fuel pump up front you will have to use vacuum to pull the fluid to the front.

if you send me a private message, i can have my son photograph the ww bottle bracket and the filter installation. since working on a benz you might find something useful in the documentation at:

http://www.pasotx.com/pat/benz_web_page.pdf

this used a oil cooler type filter. my first conversion used a fleetguard. routing the hoses to the back is a PITA no matter how you do it.

pat

I have my filter in the trunk too. No problems with "pull" vs "push" so far. I have about 5,000 miles on the current filter. Unless you have some rock-solid method to mount it to the tank, I would mount it in the depression on either side of the trunk. You want this thing mounted really, really well. I made a bracket out of 3 pieces sheetmetal. I'll post a pic later.

i have a 7psi 12v universal fuel pump that i was going to put between the filter and tank so it would help the lift pump.

any pictures of what everyone else did would really help. thanks.

The davco382 will also fit in the trunk of a W123

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