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Re: [TR] Clarifications: '59 TR3A TS 58667

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Subject: Re: [TR] Clarifications: '59 TR3A TS 58667
From: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:05:54 -0400
Thanks, Andy.  I didn't know WIX and Napa were the same.

Terry

>> 2)  This is embarrassing.  I like WIX oil filters and  currently have a 
>> WIX on
> the spin-on adaptor.  You'd think I know the  number.  Unfortunately, the
> number is where I can't read it, and my  poor notes on this particular 
> subject
> show that it is a 51516 or a  11516.  I'd like to have a new one before I
> loosen the old one to  change oil.  Any hints on which of these numbers is 
> the
> correct  one?
>
>
> ==AM==
> 51516 is the WIX number. The other might have an extra "1" on it; 1516  is
> the NAPA Gold filter number (same manufacturer: WIX).
> ==AM==
>
> 3)  Looks pretty clear to me that I'll have to remove the rocker  shaft in
> order to retorque the head.  Is there a trick I'm  missing?
>
> ==AM==
> No, that's how you do it...and then reset valve  clearances.
>
>
> --Andy   Mace


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