<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I did not want to bring this up as I do not like to bash our suppliers but I wrote to Moss about their spin-on adapter when in about 2010 the one I installed on my Elva Courier's MGA engine failed, allowing the entire filter to come apart and the oil blow all over. Luckily it happened when I was working on the engine and I was able to shut down immediately. Moss said thank you and sent me a replacement which never failed--perhaps it was a bad casting or whatever.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 4:30 AM BJ8Healeys via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg7828722596302870813">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Alan, I remember now that you mention it that Moss had a recall
of their adapter for some problem like that, but it was solved before I got
mine. The adapter I have has filtered my oil for almost 40 years and 131,000
miles now, so if the filter is being bypassed it has caused no problems with
the engine. I think I’ll keep it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cheers!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Steve<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif""> Alan Seigrist [mailto:<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com" target="_blank">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 8, 2022 6:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> BJ8Healeys<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Steve -<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had one of those as well but I discovered it was
improperly designed and the oil completely bypassed the filter in
operation. Not sure if it’s because it was designed for a puralator and I
had a teclemite or vice versatile, who knows.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alan<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 at 11:36 PM, BJ8Healeys via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">I got
one of Moss’s first “spin on” adapters in the late ‘80s because of the mess
caused by the original canister, and the need to special-order the replacement
cartridges. This adapter holds the spin-on filter parallel to the
centerline of the car, with the aft end of the filter lower than the
front. Changing oil is easy and causes no mess. I don’t know if
this type of adapter is still available, but the one I have is the only one
I’ve ever seen. All the others hold the filter perpendicular and level to
the block and seem to be sized for a smaller filter than what I use.<br>
I have several Wix 51085 filters, and all except one (China) are marked “Made
in USA”. I remember back in the ‘60s that I used to pass the Wix plant in
Gastonia, NC about once a week. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_7828722596302870813_m_245926526388902215__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Steve
Byers</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">HBJ8L/36666</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">BJ8
Registry</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">AHCA
Delegate at Large</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Havelock,
NC USA</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif""> Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Oritt via Healeys<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 8, 2022 7:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alan Seigrist<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">I use K&N 2009's which fasten to the engine
laterally and wish I could find a spin-on adaptor that has the filter facing
(open-end) up simply because it is much easier to avoid a mess. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Best--Michael Oritt</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On
Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:32 PM Alan Seigrist <<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com" target="_blank">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">yes
generally if the filter is pointed down, the bigger the better... usually the
wider it is is more preferable to the longer it is.<u></u><u></u></p>
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But for filter conversions on our healeys, they normally sit sideways so you
gotta get it with the oil bypass valve<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On
Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:52 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As a corollary to this topic, a question…..</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">If one has two filters identical in all respects except size, would
the bigger of the two be better? ie, does size matter?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I only ask because I have latterly been using large filters, Mann
W1130/1. Made in Germany.:-</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://catalog.mann-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER%20Katalog%20Europa/Oil%20Filter/W%201130~1" target="_blank">MANN-FILTER Online Catalog Europe - Product Details Oil Filter
W 1130/1</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Impossible with the original Lucas starter.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Any ideas?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Simon</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b>
Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jean Caron<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 November 2022 20:10<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:fsufan1952@yahoo.com" target="_blank">fsufan1952@yahoo.com</a>;
Warren Dietz <<a href="mailto:flyhihealey@gmail.com" target="_blank">flyhihealey@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Don,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It makes absolutely no difference where the filter is made unless
the manufacturer specifies different material in its manufacturing process. Absolutely
every step of the fabrication is automated and made by robots except the step
of lining up the bottom part of the filter and I doubt an American can
drop it in place any better than a Chinese. See a video on YouTube how Fram
filters are made. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Given the relatively low price of an oil filter, I would still
change the filter every oil change.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Jean</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada’s largest network.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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