Please tell me this is not the way oil filters are made...

[sixdogs]

What? This can't be so, can it? I recently saw a tractor filter made in India or maybe Pakistan.

It says car filters but a lot of guys shop for crossover deals for tractors and the cheapest price so who knows what you get?

 

[SPYDERLK]

Lots of chances for human error in sealing and orienting.

 

[dodge man]

Lots of opportunities to lose fingers also.

 

[daman1]

No, that's not how they're made here in the states.

 

[ruffdog]

You get what you pay for.......

 

[nyone]

Baldwin, luber finder, champion, purlator, hastings and even some fram filters are almost always US made. I'm sure there are more brands too.

And typicaly the more special the equipment the more likely it's not made in a 3rd world country.

 

[alexpops]

I remember about 45 years ago making "infrared propane paint strippers" in pretty much the same way in Cleveland. Lots of sliced gloves/fingers from the tin. We got paid on piecework basis, so no one slowed down much even when bleeding. Pretty crappy job as I look back on it.

 

[fatjay]

It's amazing how they get things done sometimes. What seems like a super complicated process ends up being amazingly simple.

 

[sixdogs]

I'm the OP on this and know I saw a name brand filter recently that was made in India or Indonesia and was about to go on a tractor. I remember being surprised.

 

[Robin Veerman]

Why Your on-line supplier has the best price…
Next is the promotion to the spark plug wing.