Digging this back up, Where did you get the filter bases locally? i cant seem to find anyone online other than grainger that would carry them.
did you order the fittings or get them local also?
Ogburns Truck Parts, Its located near i-10 east and 610. They were cheap too, cheaper than anywhere i found online. I got my fitting from a local hydraulic shop in Baytown. They weren't cheap...
Im not a fan of the baldwin bases, their quality is crap, I had one and it stripped the threadds when i changed the filter that was on hand tight. Get the billet one from Napa, its 40 bucks but its MUCH nicer.
I have the Baldwin base. And im an idiot and read on the filter wrong and tightened it MUCH tighter than it was supposed to be( didnt see the marks on filter and thought +1 meant a whole turn). Its doing just fine.
I researched before i went and bought them and was at NAPA looking at their filter base. I went with the Baldwin for a few reasons.
The Napa uses 2-1/2npt in and 2-1/2npt out. I have 5/8 line running from the tank to pump so i was not going to have the filter base be a restriction. And i did not want to go through all the trouble of splitting them up. But this could be considered a plus because 1/2npt fittings are much cheaper.
The Baldwin base uses 7/8-14 in and out. And the Baldwin base was easier to mount in my case.
I have since made a bracket to hold the CAT filter under the hood. And im very happy with how it turned out. Filter changes will be easy and not too messy and it is not in the way to work on anything.
