I'm sure you guys can come up with something prettier, but I'm one of those "if it works, it works" kind of guys. No chrome or anodizing needed. I've seen a few posts recently about the incredible PITA that it is to replace the fuel filters on the 22re so I figured I would show some pics of what I did on my '85 4Runner to get around that. The regular location requires busting your knuckles and doing things that would get you through an audition for Cirque de Soleil. The result is that a mechanic willing to do it for you is going to charge around $40 for the favor. By relocating it, I can now change my filter while standing up and in under 10 minutes. This makes for a much greater willingness to change it and depending on where you take your rig and the quality of gas you get, it probably needs changing much more often than occurs. My approach was very basic. I went to Home Depot and grabbed a foot long piece of quarter inch mending strap. I took the old filter out and used it as a model for bending the strap to fit the shape of the filter. I then added a bend to move the filter back from the intake manifold and bolted the filter to the bracket, drilled the inner fender and bolted the bracket to the inner fender. Here are a few pics of the results:
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20 years ago