Abstract: In a fluid filter cartridge, and a method for manufacturing a fluid filter cartridge, a drain fitting is attached by a crimped joint to a housing of the filter cartridge. The drain fitting is loosely fitted into the housing, prior to forming the crimped joint. The drain fitting has an outer periphery thereof which includes a crimping recess therein and the housing includes a crimped portion thereof which is formed into the crimping recess of the drain fitting to form the crimped connection. The crimping recess further includes anti-rotation features in the form of raised ribs about which the crimped portion of the housing is formed for resisting rotation of the drain fitting with respect to the housing.