Hi Reid
I would like to amend this statement to read good mechanics don't use air
tools for reassembly, I find they are a real time saver especially for those
stubborn 25+ year old bolts previously untouched by human hands! Using the
air wrench I can reduce the time needed to reduce a breaker from a car to a
couple of trailer loads of manageable sized spares from 2 days to one!
Graham.
2500PI MKII
Sprinted Dolomite
2000 MKI
Toledo
1300 Front Wheel Drive
http://members.tripod.co.uk/TriumphIW/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
To: 'Spitfire 1500' <s1500@uswest.net>; Spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 4:12 PM
Subject: RE: the oil filter saga continues
>
> I had that happen to me once. I still think the mechanic that put it on
> used an air tool! (Good mechanics don't use air tools - IMHO). I wound
up
> using a hammer and chisel along the outside edge of the filter base plate.
> Worked great. However, it just might be that the previous installer
> cross-threaded your oil filter onto the adapter.
>
> Reid
> '79 Spitfire (original owner)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spitfire 1500 [mailto:s1500@uswest.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 6:11 PM
> To: Spitfires
> Subject: Re: the oil filter saga continues
>
>
>
> Well, I initially did that to get an initial "opening" to the oil filter.
I
> was given advice by my dear old mother to drill holes in key points of the
> filter "disk"(not sure of the name), and then wedge something in there to
> crank it out. I even attacked the plate with the carbide cutter, but that
is
> some THICK metal on there. It's a MANN filter btw, and that will be the
last
> filter from them. I had a choice between beck arnley and Fram, I am goin
> with beck arnley. Hopefully the guy at Checker got the right part #, since
> it'll be ready tomorrow.
>
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> now with fortified commentaries
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@gte.net>
>
>
> > Sure fire way to remove a stuck filter from a Spitfire is to get a big
> screwdriver and drive it all the way through the filter. Then
> > you will have two things.
> >
> > 1. A big mess of oil to clean up and..
> >
> > 2. Something to grab hold of to give some leverage.
> >
> > It will then come right off.
> >
> > If that fails, try dynamite!
> >
>
>
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