John: You are correct about the filter -- Actually, I was the cause of a major recall on these filters. My 66 Barracuda just would not run correctly through the gears. Probably cost Chrysler thousands to finally fix my car after 11 months of trying everything to find the problem. The problem and cure was found on my honeymoon in 66. I removed the filter -- drove the car more than 300,000 miles without it and still have the car... When I pulled the filter out of the tank on Sept 3, 1966, it was still collapsed. Regards, Sherwood