Not the prettiest setup in the world (required a number of adapters) but I installed a bypass coolant filter on my Deuce.
For those who might not know, what this means is that the coolant is not required to flow through the filter to get to its destination. Yes, this means it will be much slower at filtering but will also not cause any problems if the filter gets plugged.
Seen below are the addition of the tees before the heater shutoffs - which are the inlet and return lines for the cab heater. I wanted the filter to still be able to do its job even if flow has been shutoff to the heater during the summer months. I've also plumed dual inlet/outlet shutoff ball valves on the filter base itself for less spill/mess when replacing the filter (that's the parts with the red handles).
Kind of a knotted mess of hoses here, but this was the result of balancing several of my goals/desires at once:
- The filter needed to be vertical - and it nearly is. However I needed clearance for the topmost (outlet) ball valve handle, which sticks straight up when open.
- I needed clearance above the headlight to change the filter.
- I did not want to trim the original hoses going to the heater so that my modification can actually be undone if desired/needed without replacing good hoses.
- The new hose I bought to run to the filter was not as rigid as the stock deuce hose and thus tended to collapse if routed too tightly. This meant larger bends and longer hose.
- The deuce engine vibrates a lot when running and I didn't want the new or old hoses rubbing on each other, the hood cross member supports, or anything else.
- The hoses couldn't be in the way of the red handled ball valves.
Before I did all this, I (of course) needed to drain much of the coolant. A 5 gallon bucket was the easiest container I had to drain into. But it's *mighty* difficult to fill a radiator from a five gallon bucket.
Solution1 : Fill the radiator 1 gallon at a time from a much more manageable container. But how to fill said smaller container from the 5 gallon bucket?
Solution 2: Use a funnel! But how to pour into the funnel without it tipping over or spilling when both hands are needed to handle the 5-gallon bucket?
Solution 3: Get someone to hold funnel! No one around.
Solution 3.5: Clamp funnel to handle of garbage can. 1-gallon jug is filled without spilling everywhere and funnel won't tip over. Also, when removing the 1-gallon jug, the funnel end can just be placed into the 5-gallon bucket so it doesn't drip everywhere, thus, preventing more mess.