Originally Posted by
cam1195
Not exactly sure with a 5103, but if it’s a John Deere filter that slips into the filter housing and is then locked in with the locking ring that turns only around a quarter to half of a turn to be fully tightened, it sounds like the new filter you have isn’t an exact match. I use similar filters often and know for a fact that the filter should be tight in the housing without the locking ring on and this fit is held by the rubber seal on the top hole in the filter. If the filter doesn’t fit correctly in the housing, the locking ring will not tighten nor should you try to tighten it as (at least in my experience) the plastic locking ring will break. The locking ring should tighten by hand but sometimes you need to give one of those ridges a bump with a screw driver to get it to move. The only other brands I have used are fleetguard and clarcor (I think clarcor is made by Parker).
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