No, your installation is fine Seth. The filter needs to be tilted
slightly from vertical to clear the slave cylinder.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Seth Glassman <sells2eat@msn.com> wrote:
> From: "Seth Glassman" <sells2eat@msn.com>
> To: "Ryan Miles" <rjhmile@yahoo.com>, <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: spin on oil filter adapter
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:38:35 -0500
> Reply-to: "Seth Glassman" <sells2eat@msn.com>
>
> Hi List,
>
> While we're on the subject, I installed my spin on adapter a few
> month ago
> and have not experienced any leakage. But, my question is this, I
> installed
> the adapter so that the filter would hang downward, as I'm told that
> was the
> correct installation. However, I found that the clutch slave
> cylinder was
> in the way fr a complete verticle installation and thus had to
> install the
> adapter so that the oil filter hangs at an angle. Have I done
> something
> wrong or do I have to make an adaptation so that both the oil filter
> can
> hang vertically Thanks
> Seth Glassman
> 1976 TR6 CF57223UO
> Webmaster, Long Island Triumph Association
> www.longislandtriumph.org
>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ryan Miles <rjhmile@yahoo.com>
> To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 11:02 PM
> Subject: spin on oil filter adapter
>
>
> > List,
> >
> > I would NEVER EVER own another tr6 or tr250 without a spin on
> adapter. I
> have installed three adapters and not had any leaking. My most recent
> experience with oil filters was when a friend of myne that lives in
> town
> asked me to change his oil (The local valvoline won't do it without
> the spin
> on). I forgot that his car had an external rocker oil feed.....I
> spent 20
> min trying get the old filter out of the engine, and another 10
> trying to
> get the new one in.... I would definately take the time to make the
> adapter
> work properly. It may not be any cleaner, but it will pay its
> divedends in
> the time you will save in the future, not to mention that auto zone
> actually
> stocks filters for the adapters.
> >
> > Just my 2 cents
> >
> > Ryan Miles
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