[Tigers] Stock oil filter set up leaks

[michael king]

Andy is converting to factory stock.

Andy sometimes I think the issue at the top can be the mount turning while
you try and tighten the line and filter, see if you can use some rubber to
hold it and use a shifter to torque it down a bit... Just be careful not to
damage it
On 30 Jul 2015 13:42, "Theo Smit via Tigers" <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> That size works out to just under 36 mm  and that is a metric wrench
> size... Lisle 43390, $16 on Amazon.
>
> I abandoned using my stock lower oil adapter when the o-rings got crusty
> and it started to leak from the center... The torque required to stop the
> weeping would probably have broken the adapter so I quit while I was ahead.
>
> Theo
>
>
>
> On Jul 29, 2015, at 9:27 PM, Andy Walker via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hey, guys:
>
>
>
> First, the good news…I’ve got 60 lbs of pressure on the gauge when I spin
> up my oil pump with my electric drill.  For a stock oil pump, that’s
> great!!  That means that when I fire up my Tiger for the first time on
> Sunday (hopefully…) that I should have oil pressure running out my
> ears…which leads me to the bad news.  I’ve got a couple of oil leaks in the
> stock oil filter set-up, one of which is pretty bad.  The bad one is at the
> connection on top of the oil filter where the big bolt is that holds the
> filter to the housing.  The gasket is allowing the oil to just run out at a
> pretty good clip.  I’ve got that bolt twisted down pretty tightly but it
> continues to leak.  This is the first time that I’ve ever had an original
> oil filter set-up on a Tiger, so I’m unfamiliar with their oddities; are
> you supposed to use some sort of gasket sealer on that gasket between the
> shoulders of the bolt and the housing?  Is this a common problem with these
> stock filter rigs?
>
>
>
> The other leak is at the connection point between the short hose and the
> block adapter.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to tighten it up a bit and stop the
> leak, but the leak I mentioned above is so bad that there is no way that I
> can start the car before fixing it.  Any advice on how to properly seal
> that would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Oh, and by the way, I don’t have a proper-sized wrench for the oil filter
> bolt in question.  I mic’d it as best I could and it comes out to be
> something like a 1.410” in size.  All I’ve got that is big enough to do the
> job is an adjustable wrench, and even that is so long that I have to stand
> it up and grab the shoulders of the bolt with the ends of the jaws of the
> wrench.  What do you guys use on yours?
>
>
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Andy Walker
>
> Edmond, OK
>
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