Baldwin Oil Filter/s question

Good one.

Parts counter people usually try to help but their advice should not be accepted as gospel.

 

LOL is terribly overused but that did make me laugh out loud sitting here in my hotel room. Thanks for brightening my day.

 

Check Baldwin's website for the local vendor in your area..

In my case it's a Truck Supply over on the east side, by the Port.....it's an adventure just driving over....I needed a Name Patch on my shirt, to fit in.....

 

Truck Stop,
Ordered two B253.

Got-em in a week.

Yup, nuff said.

Edwardo
(spoken in trucker slang.)

 

Could they have meant the Baldwin BT216 filter ??? I stock both the Bt 253 and 216 for use in my shop and the one I prefer is the 253 and they tell me it has a higher psi rating than the 216. The 253 is also heavier...

 

Does anyone have a mail order source for these filters?

 

my Fleet Pride near me lets me order 6 at a time, no fuss.

 

The difference is that the B253 has the internal standpipe and the B252 does not -- you can go to www.baldwinfilters.com and look at the datasheets for both (click on the e-catalog and enter "B252" and "B253"). For a 308 (gasket end down), the B253 is the better choice IMO (for models that have gasket end up use the B252).

 

+1 Steve. Good job going straight to Baldwin and checking. B253 all the way.

 

WW Grainger carries them

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2KZG4?Pid=search

You can order online or they have lots of local warehouses. They will also ship worldwide.

 

Call Baldwin direct..thet've been selling me two at a time over the phone for ten years..but maybe that's too easy. Just be polite and request their catalog. The are terriffically nice folks. I hope that this is of some value. Thank you. Jacques.

 

I've gotten them 6 at a time from CompleteFiltration (these folks):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BALDWIN-B253-QTY-6-Ferrari-Lancia-Porsche-Automoti-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem483b1b6549QQitemZ310229296457QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

They ship fast, and with shipping costs it comes out to $13 per filter.

Phil

 

Too bad they don't make them for TRs

 

B253 at Granger...$14.00 each...any quantity

 

I used to buy mine at the Chevron jobber here in town, 10.00 each, a couple of years ago.
Always in stock.

 

I like to use a K&N air filter as my oil filter on my 308. That's what the parts counter guy told me to use. Bit of a fight getting it to fit however.

I figure it's a performance upgrade being a K&N and all......

 

Baldwin is easy to find, search the Internet. I can get them mailed to my house for a total cost of about $11 each.

 

Good price, you have a link?

 

Ovis,

I bought a Baldwin B50 for the Fiat a few months ago from Associated Diesel. Six bucks and change, plus very quick turnaround.

www.adiesel.com

Rgds.
W.C.

 

$13?????

I pay $6

 

Give me a link to the $6 filter, see-vu-play.

Is it new or used?

 

W. Claude, that is actually where I got my first batch of 6 filters.