using fuel filter as inline transmission filter?

[bwinterroth]

Has anyone done this? I have heard about poeple connectin a fuel filter inline after the transmission cooler as a secondary transmission filter. Please provide your insight on this

 

[jimbo74]

this doenst sound like a good idea, if you want a filter put in a tranny filter (really they are oil filters) kits are made t odo this, do a search for aldive he has an aux tranny filter. gas and oil are different and a fuel filter will not flow the same as a oil filter.....

 

[exgmman]

The filter is so small it would plug up very often.
Your best bet is a kit like this:
http://www.dieselsitetoo.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=49

You can buy the parts separately locally. The filter head is just a donaldson hydraulic filter head.

 

[IAmTodd]

Get a perma-cool kit. I would think the oil is too thick to flow through those filters.

 

[Glacier991]

I picked up an inline filter kit FORD wants it's mechanics to use on a rebuild of a 4R70W... and gosh darn if it doesn't look a whole lot like a big fuel filter... of course no telling what the element is made of... and that may be the key....

 

[bwinterroth]

yeah that's where I got the idea. I saw an auction ebay about a guy selling an inline transmission filter and looked exactly like an oversized fuel filter. That's why i asked

 

[exgmman]

We need somone to cut one apart and tell us what's inside....

Don't forget that the spin-on elements for the other filter kits are only 3-10 bucks..