Bob -
If you want a spin on adaptor that fits on your OEM tecalemit boss,
there is only one option:
Flexolite.co.uk
They even had an adaptor for my A90's oddball tecalemit head - had to
use that because the adaptor everyone else sells which sticks out the
side of the motor didn't give me any clearance to the chassis to fit
the filter.
Alan
On 8/3/08, Bob Johnson <robert.w.johnson@charter.net> wrote:
> So yesterday I got around to doing my oil change. Who knew that you could
> spend 6 hours and still not have a driveable car? In my cleverness back in
> the
> late 70's I was in a parts store to buy an oil filter. They mentioned that
> they would not be able to reorder the filter after these were gone and so I
> bought all they had. Then I parked the car for 25 or so years. Last oil
> change
> everything was fine. By now, about thirty years later, however, the gaskets
> in
> the box with the filter have gotten a little bit hard, plus they have
> shrunken, not much, but just enough. After struggling to get things off and
> on around the wires from the rear, I finally got things back together.
> Started
> the engine, kept my eye on the oil pressure gauge and... nothing happened,
> needle barely moved. I thought "give it a few seconds more", still nothing.
> Shut it down, heard a funny noise as I did. Looked under the car and the
> puddle of oil was already 30 inches across. Damn! The filter was not sealed
> at
> the gasket. Took the filter off again (Things are really slippery by now.)
> Sure enough there was the cut where the filter housing has cut the gasket.
> Got
> a gasket from another filter, size looked good, put it on. Cranked the
> engine,
> didn't wait long this time. I am getting smarter, I know that sound now of
> oil
> gushing around the gasketby now. Puddle is now 3 feet across. Neighbor comes
> over to "help". Says "Hey, Bob, whats this running down the driveway?"
> Puddle
> is now 6 feet long. Tooks things apart again, put the old gasket that was on
> the old filter and just as I expected, that didn't work either. Spent the
> next
> 4 hours trying to clean up the spill after pushing the car back into the
> garage and putting a large tray under the car to catch what is surely going
> to
> continue to drip. BTW, I also left the strainer out of the o/d. Get to redo
> that, too.
>
> Questions:
> Did I miss some obvious step here?
> Is there an o-ring that will fit? If so, what size do I need to look for?
> These spin-on adapters (really considering this now), is there one that
> mounts
> the filter in an upright attitude? If so who has it?
>
> Bob Johnson
> BJ8
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