The oil flows INTO the outside of the filter, and back into the engine from the center.
That is an oil filter defect.
Hopefully, no other pieces of that crap got into your engine; they look too big to go very far.
If you've got good oil pressure, and no obvious problems/noises, you may just be...
I've had one of those since the '80s.
Do NOT get the "wall wart" Battery Tender, it's a POS.
I've got several of the orange/black, 4 or 5 amp Harbour Fright battery whammers (cain't git their stoopid web site to work) and they've worked great the last 5 years, or so.
I've got the MIC top on my 2 dr 22 Badlands, no problems yet. But parking is in the garage.
Taking the front "T-Tops" off is a five minute job. Figuring out whether to leave/take them is a bigger problem.
I bought a Rampage black soft top new for $825. Takes about an hour to swap out, and an...
Or you could;
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/modded-stock-2-3-muffler-for-more-sound-video-sound-clips-added.67056/
It's not much louder, but after 24K miles, I'm convinced it flows better.