DO NOT CHASE THE THREADS IN THE FILTER WITH A TAP AND THEN USE THE FILTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You'll dump chips into the filter and will NEVER be able to get them out. These chips will not be caught in the filter, as fuel passes through the filter from the outer passages to the center hollow bolt. The metal chips you create and dump into the filter will be washed directly into your injection pump.

Just buy another filter. Seems like a pain now, wait until you fubar your injection pump. You'll sure be wishing you'd have just bought another filter.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap