What is this bracket?

[George Cameron]

I want to install an Amsoil bypass filter on the rear face of the passenger side front body mount support. There is a bracket with no specified purpose that I am going to remove. I'm just curious what it may have been used for in another model of truck.



The picture makes the intercooler inlet tube appear close to the bracket, but there is approx. 5" of clearance vertically between it and this bracket.



2006 Ram 2500 4WD Crew Cab Cummins



Thanks!

 

[JFought]

i mounted mine on the side of the engine above the cp3. oil goes straight to it, then loops over valve cover and back thru the am soil cap with the swivel port in it.

 

[KLauber]

i mounted mine on the side of the engine above the cp3. oil goes straight to it, then loops over valve cover and back thru the am soil cap with the swivel port in it.

Jfought, can you post a pic of the mount? My bypass kit is en route on the little brown truck, so I have a weekend project, probably just in time for cold weather I bet (65 today).

 

[George Cameron]

The instructions with the Amsoil kit state specifically "Do not mount on engine. " I figure they know more about their filter's internal construction than I do, so that is why I am mounting it on the frame. My suspicion is that vibration will cause the filter media to 'leak' larger particulates through it or, in worst case fail and release fibrous material into the engine ala Fram. Clogged piston cooling nozzles anyone?

Why do so many ignore what the manufacturer specifies in this particular case?

 

[07 ThunderRoad]

Tow hook? :-laf :-laf :-laf

May simply be used when the truck was on the assembly line. Your truck is not using it, so do what you need to do.

 

[RonD]

Your looking at a Body Shim. They shim the body at the mounts if required to get the door gaps correct, trim the tab extension and leave the shim where it is. My guess the tab sticking out is for placement only, I have restored several cars and they have the same thing, all Corvette's, and even 55-57 Chevy's do, but they use big round washers.

 

[amsoilman]

This is how I mount them on your MY truck:

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[amsoilman]

Here is another view of how it is mounted on the "body mount":

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[Bob4x4]

Is that below frame level?

I have a friend that lost a turbo cause his bypass got hit by

Road debris

 

[George Cameron]

I was planning to bolt a plate to the body mount and attach the filter head about 4" higher than this install (the reason I need to cut the bracket). With an EaBP100 filter and the BK-203 billet mount, the overall height approaches 10" with fittings. The filter would stick down below the frame about 3" as installed in these pictures. Guess I have some sawing and grinding to do...

 

[amsoilman]

I was planning to bolt a plate to the body mount and attach the filter head about 4" higher than this install (the reason I need to cut the bracket). With an EaBP100 filter and the BK-203 billet mount, the overall height approaches 10" with fittings. The filter would stick down below the frame about 3" as installed in these pictures. Guess I have some sawing and grinding to do...

The pictures you see above, posted by me does not allow the filter to hang below the front bumber. I have installed many of these in this location, and have never had anyone complain that rocks hit the filter.

 

[amsoilman]

This is haw I mounted it on my 2010 MY truck:

 

[AH64ID]

This is how I mount them on your MY truck:



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Is there room for a EaBP-110 there?



I thought about that location, but wanted to eventually put a HD CAI in. I am glad I didn't put it there because the HD CAI made a big difference, especially for $20.



Mine is here.



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[amsoilman]

This i:s how it looks:

 

[AH64ID]

Personally I would put it somewhere you can run a EaBP-110 considering the amount of soot these motors can make.

 

[amsoilman]

Personally I would put it somewhere you can run a EaBP-110 considering the amount of soot these motors can make.

My soot levels have never been over 0. 4 % SOOT with 100,000 on the oil! I have always used the EaBp-100 or equivalent.

 

[AH64ID]

My soot levels have never been over 0. 4 % SOOT with 100,000 on the oil! I have always used the EaBp-100 or equivalent.

I have never had one below . 7%, with only 7500 on the oil. . and that's with a 110.



Was your previous truck a 04. 5-07?, I can't recall.

 

[amsoilman]

I have never had one below . 7%, with only 7500 on the oil. . and that's with a 110.



Was your previous truck a 04. 5-07?, I can't recall.

My previous truck was a 2003 HO 6-speed. It placed 1st in the 2008 "Week-end on the Edge" Dyno run for Modified stock class witch produced 437 HP to the rear wheels... ... ... ... ... I was awarded a very nice trophy and $500. 00 cash, which I thought was pretty cool! The trophy was a chromed " Edge Turbo" on an aluminum base with the plaque showing the event.



I'm sure you understand, a soot level of less than 3. 0% is nothing to worry about according to all the info I have been given in oil analysis classes. The EaBp-110 is certainly a much larger filter, but the filtering abilities are just the same as the EaBp-100, but the amount of oil in the system is what determines which filter should be used according to Amsoil's recommendations.



Now don't take this as a personal objection on your desire to use the larger EaBp-100 as the bottom line is your personnel preferences. I do no this; you are using the best filtration system around these days!



Merry Christmas

 

[AH64ID]

The 03 is the big reason for your low soot, I have seen soot that low on 03-04 without a bypass and 25K miles on the oil.

Yeah 3. 0% is the max allowed soot on the ISB per Cummins, which is actually a point of contention with OAI right now, they will allow 5% soot on the ISB. They told me they are re-evaluation their standards based on Cummins specs.

 

[ACerf]

Change the oil more often and you won't need a by-pass filter. Just more lines and fitting to leak if you ask me! I have been doing oil sample yearly thru blackstone since truck was new. Change the oil & filter and fuel filter every 5,000 miles, and I now have over 135K on the truck now and the oil samples come back with no problems, all normal!