I think the Allpar site is correct. Akron Don Gallimore ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 6:15:28 PM > Subject: Re: Fuel filter location ? > > What you describe sounds like what is shown in this picture as > factory: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1962-1964-dodge-polara-500-57-3.jpg Max > Wedge motors had a gas filter above the valve > cover: http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh233/skfury440/0051_3.jpg But > you could route it like the > 413: http://www.allpar.com/photos/bios/weertman/1963-413-V8.jpg I'd > only use a metal gas filter not plastic kind above the engine, fwiw. > Thanks, Gary H. -----Original Message----- > >On a 1963 Polara 500 with a 383 and a 4 barrel, where would the > proper >location for the fuel filter be? The original two barrel had > it in >between the fuel pump and carb up top above the valve covers, which > is >where I kept it when I added the 4 barrel. A friend who's a > good >mechanic and a drag racer from back in the day says it seems like > a >bad spot and could get hot and percolate or vapor lock. I looked > in >the service manual and parts book, and neither show a 383 4 > barrel >combination. Where I have it is up above the valve cover > about 3 >inches away and about 6 inches from the exhaust > manifold. > >As always, thanks. > >- Jim >Jim > Altemose, Long Island, NY >'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge) >'63 Polara > 500 (383) >'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge) >'71 > Bronco > > ---- Please address private mail -- mail > of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only > to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice > will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse > Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This > email was sent to: > href="mailto:dongallimore@xxxxxxx">dongallimore@xxxxxxx EASY > UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrDWg.caU2BH.ZG9uZ2Fs Or send > an email to: > href="mailto:1962to1965mopars-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx">1962to1965mopars-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx For > Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions > visit: ?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------