Keith Browning Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Did I miss the announcement? The secondary fuel filter "housing" has changed to a no clamp design? We Ford fucked this one up royally in my humble opinion. The filter fits in the housing to tightly that you can barely turn it let alone lift it out. I had to use two pry bars. The only way it was going back in was with a coating of silicone grease. I applaud the no-tool required design but WTF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Broken 2 so far. <Insert slow clap here> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 They come right out down here in the South. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Broken 2 so far. <Insert slow clap here> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Seriously I just ran into this again today. I can't believe anyone was stupid enough to do this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 As much as that clamp style holder seemed un-necessary... this new one falls under the category of "epic fail." The irony here is that I bitched to myself how the turn lock was all Ford needed and the clamp could be done away with. I can hear my Dad now... "Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 they better count on making these filters a hair smaller or this crap isn't gonna fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 just ran into one of these new styles today, It came apart and went together pretty easy.Maybe I got lucky.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 just ran into one of these new styles today, It came apart and went together pretty easy.Maybe I got lucky.... Me too, but it's only got 8,000 KM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I fought one of these for no less than an hour today, while going back together on one I'm doing a fuel system on. Needless to say i'm pretty pissed off because everything up to that point was going well. I tried grease first, then sanding the housing, then sanding the filter a little. Nothing worked. I tried the old NAPA filter and it fits fine. I saved an old metal filter base from the last 6007 I did and used that. If I wasn't so tired I would take a sledge to this plastic base. Office Space style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 I haven't fought one in a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amailloux Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I got a motorcraft filter kit and had the same thing. This filter kit I got also had a plastic bag and a feedback form with an address to send the filters to in it. I could not get it to fit period. I grabbed another off the shelf and it fit just fine. I am wondering if a part change happened and my filter was old stock or what. I have yet to get another one with the feedback form, or another one that would not fit. It looked like a genuine filter to my untrained eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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