[Spridgets] Another file to fit

[Jim Johnson]

Its okay, Frank.  Don't hold back.  Say what you think.  We can handle
it....

Cheers!!
Jim

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Frank <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:

> Last year someone decided NOT to use their moss (mainly our shit sucks)
> side mount oil filter.
> So they donated it to the Holy Sprite project.
> I tried it on the Holy Sprite and the hose interfered with the dip stick
> pretty bad so I opted not to use it.
> So I re-discovered it while looking for some engine parts in a cabinet in
> the garage and since I was whipping up a spare engine for
> the Lady Bug ('nother story) I tried this side mount filter kit from Most
> of Our Stuff is Shit. Since the 1275 dip stick is bent a little, I bent it
> more and it cleared the hose
> But it still made for adjusting the timing a bit tough.
> Anyway, last night Tiff's boy friend and I swap engines in about an hour
> (bonnet never came off the Bugeye) and before the beer break we fired it
up.
> Oil squirting out from the filter adapter like an oil well.
> Called it quits for the night and today I took it off, checked it out, no
> burrs, not loose, gasket set correct and it wasn't leaking from the hose.
> Re-install the part where they sell Mostly Oriental SUBSTANDARD SHIT, put
> in 2 more qts of oil only to have it squirt out from behind the adapter.
> I put the stock spin on set up from the first engine on the new engine and
> no more leak. But now I have 3 qts on the garage floor and all over the
nice
> new engine
> thanks to some Maggot Of a Shit Supplier.
> Tonight some one stopped by and we checked the side mount unit against the
> old engine, there is a chamfer on the bottom of this thing to clear the
> lower edge of the engine.
> Guess what? If I knew enough to FILE TO FIT like all the parts from the
> Makers Of Sheer Shit, and ground about a 1/6 off that chamfer, it would
have
> cleared the lower lip of the block.
> No instructions but from past (20 years ago) experience, I should have
> known I needed to file it to fit right.
> If the Manufacturer Of Stagnant Slop thinks I was a thorn in their side
> before.
> Just wait til the new tee shirts and buttons come out!
> And they will be "pollution resistant" unlike their excuse for quality
> rubber that goes away in a month.
> If you buy anything from Mo$$, It's your own fault. It WILL fail it it even
> works out of the box.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Mo$$ SUCKS
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Cheers!!
Jim
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not
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