4JG2 oil filter housing on 4JB1

[BrokenMu]

G'day guys.

I'm wanting a better clearance to get a 3" dump pipe off of my 4JB1T (in a 91 MU UCS55)
I have an oil filter from a 3.1 and I'm wondering if the conversion is possible or not. I can see that the coolant hoses run slightly different. Is that the only hurdle?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards
Michael

[geeves]

I have seen it done before but no info or pics sorry. I believe it was straight forward.

[gomulletgo]

I would be interested in how this goes aswell as I want an oil filter in an easier to get out location and I want a less restrictive exhaust route, I'm planning 2 and 1/2 inch off back of turbo right through.

[BrokenMu]

As far as I can see, it looks straight forward, but then I see that the Jackaroo 4JG2T has a different oil filter housing again!! The key differences being that the cooler is shorter and the coolant hoses take a different route when compared to both the MU 4JB1 and 4JG2

So I'm wondering which one would be the easier way to go. The 4JB1T has two metal coolant lines behind the block, whereas the 4JG2 has only one.

I've only spent a brief amount of time studying the layout and trying to workout routes for the coolant lines with the 3.1 filter housing that I have and it initially seemed as though I'd have to run some sort of flexi hose to send the return coolant line back around the rear of the block and in doing so would probably position the hose right in the way of the exhaust, once again limiting me with exhaust size and route options.

Will keep you all up to date with the progress.