Oil filter adapter gasket?

[Slonaker]

My new crate 350 needs an oil filter adapter for the screw-on oil filter. I was going to just buy a new one if they weren't too expensive, but the auto parts store didn't have one. I now plan to use the old one off the 305. The folks at O'Reilly sold me a Fel-Pro oil cooler kit when I asked for an oil filter adapter gasket, and said that is the only way they sell the gasket.

It came with a lot of o-rings that I don't need and 2 gaskets. My plan was to use the gasket that looked like the one that came off the old engine, but the adapter was installed on the old block without a gasket.

Of the two included gaskets, both have holes that line up with the bolts, but neither of them is shaped like the adapter. Which of the gaskets do I use?

Would NAPA or someone have a new part with the gasket? Is it actually supposed to have a gasket? Does the kit I have even have the right gasket, or is the included gasket for a different shaped part that is used by an oil cooler?

Slonaker

[Captkaos]

Are you talking about the piece that the filter actually screws to? That doesn't use a gasket.

[Slonaker]

Yes, the aluminum piece that has two bolt holes in it. It bolts to the block with two bolts, and the filter threads onto it. It just bolts in place metal-to-metal, huh?

I was told that it uses a gasket, but I guess the info was wrong. I figured the previous owner screwed it up, just like everything else he touched on the truck.

Thanks,

Slonaker

[jimfulco]

No gaskets on the factory piece. Aftermarket adapters such as Mr.Gasket use a gasket.

http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/317/...-Big-Block.htm

[Slonaker]

That's the one. Thanks, guys.

Slonaker