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Re: Spin-on filter adapter

To: Anne van Leeuwen <anne.van.leeuwen@vitatron.com>, list <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Spin-on filter adapter
From: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 06:23:27 -0400
Anne van Leeuwen <anne.van.leeuwen@vitatron.com> writes

>One of my TR6 parts suppliers advised me against installing a spin-on
>filter adapter because, according to his experience, several problems with
>this adapter were reported. He mentioned oil leakage, bursting adapter
>housings, etc. He also stated that the advantage of the whole
modification
>was questionable.

>Can anybody confirm this or has anybody had similar experiences? I
>installed an adapter on my previous TR6 and had no complaints at all. Also
>pressure build-up at start-up improved considerably. Therefore my
>curiosity, I doubt his story.

>Anne van Leeuwen
>1972 TR6
>The Netherlands
>anne.van.leeuwen@vitatron.com

No problems with either of my two that I've used since 1998 or so.

Dave Massey
St. Louis, Misery
USA

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