Filter Bowl removal
Removal of the filter bowl could be difficult due to the location. It was not to be removed by rocking it out as this may have put some stress on the mounting studs. It needed to be pulled up/away from the gearbox in a level manner. I have done a few filter bowl removals, mainly due to the differential popper on the filter bowl itself. The new modified bowl will make the removal of the bowl easier, and reduce the chance of the 2 filters being incorrectly aligned when assembled.
I am a maintenance engineer, not a design engineer, and as I have said before this modification is a vast improvement.