A LIST OF OIL AND FUEL FILTERS AND HOW TO CHANGE THE FUEL FILTERS ON A CATERPILLAR 3208

THE MOUNTING OF THE CANISTER FUEL FILTER IN THE INSTRUCTIONS IS DIFFERENT THAN IN A

WANDERLODGE, WHERE IT IS LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE NEXT TO THE CATERPILLAR

GLASS WATER SEPERATOR

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FROM MEMBERS OF THE WANDERLODGE FORUM;

Re: [wanderlodge] No fuel to engine problem

fill the glass filter with fuel,and install it quickly!,then on top of the injector pump you will find a "T" valve,open

the T and pump the hand pump until clear fuel runs out onto the ground under the engine,tighten the T

valve,tighten the hand pump,and start it up.

i don't remember the first post,why did you change the first filter in a bad area to start with?

Randy

RE: [wanderlodge] No fuel to engine problem

There are two bleed valves on the filter housing. Make sure neither one is partly open. That’s just the way mine

acts when a bleed is open. I had one come open after service. We just shut down in the middle lane of Western

Center drive here in Fort Worth. Took me a few panicky minutes to figure out what was going on.

Chuck Wheeler -

82 FC 31 SB

Fort Worth, TX

I find that filling the canister fuel filter with automatic transmission fluid helps eliminate some of the hand pump

priming required to bleed the system of air. Some people claim that this will also introduce contaminates into the

system, but I have not experienced this myself.

I believe that if you have NOT screwed the hand pump back into the closed and locked position, that it will draw

air back into the system through the priming pump. I have had to crack open a few of the injector journals along

the head to eliminate air from the system.

When priming the system to eliminate air, I only open the air bleed petcock valve on the injector pump and listen

for fuel running out onto the ground while pumping the primer pump handle.

I have also installed an additional electric pump just before the Racor style water seperator filter, that can be

used to prime the complete system after the bleed vale on the injector pump has been opened.

John Finn

82 FC35RB

FILTERS USED ON JOHN FINN’S 1982 FC 35RB CAT 3208NA

POWER STEERING, OIL AND FUEL FILTERS

POWER STEERING RESIVOIR (1) CARQUEST 85430 - NAPA 1430

CAT ENGINE WATER SEPERATOR (1) LFF 1131 (LUBERFINER) #8N9803 (CATERPILLAR) #FIL3369 (NAPA)

CAT ENGINE FUEL FILTER (1) LFF 3347 (LUBERFINER) WIX 33528 NAPA GOLD 3528

CAT ENGINE OIL FILTER (2) LFP 5570 (LUBERFINER) NAPA GOLD 1268

**DAHL 201 WATERSEPERATOR (1) 3119 (NAPA GOLD) L22008F (LUBERFINER)

** I HAVE A BALDWIN TYPE WATER SEPARATOR SIMILAR TO A RACOR ON MY ‘BIRD.