I have a 93 full size 4x4 2 door blazer k1500, I blew the motor in it (vertical oil filter) and I’m swapping one into it rn but it has a horizontal filter, I took the housing off thinking it would still screw in but there is no nipple to screw on, will it clear? Or any advice for fix?
If the old engine had a verticle filter in it it has the part you need. Its called an "oil filter adapter" and every old chevy with a verticle filter has one.
Somebody deleted the oil cooler on your old engine.
Unless there is some bizzarre chevy engine that Im not aware of it has to have that part in it in order to put a verticle filter on it.
If you dont have the old engine anymore, you can snag that part from the boneyard off of any chevy with a verticle filter.
If you buy the Melling adapter, the hardware is garbage.
And it comes with a gasket.
Do not use that gasket. It blocks off the bypass hole and they never came with a gasket from the factory.
Make sure the mounting surfaces are clean and free from burrs.
The oil filter seal is the gasket.
When I deleted the filter cooler from my 94 k2500 I used the Melling part and upgraded the hardware and used the PH- 454 filter
That was a few years ago and it works great.
