[TR] Moss TR6 spin on oil filter conversion

[Dave Massey]

Sure, it does.  Those O-rings are supplied with each OE filter cartridge.  The
adapter is machined with a feature that seals up against that O-ring.  At
least mine did.  Yours may be different.  In which case I would have to see it
to better advise.





Dave Massey






-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Cherington <a_flying_scotsman at yahoo.com>


Hi,






I have never attempted to fit it myself as I now recall both
attempts were by different garages at oil change time. I thought it would be
a
2 minute job to fit.


I looked at the unit for the first time in about 8
years today...lol... and there is a small o-ring in the middle. Does it also
need a large o-ring at the engine end where the old filter bowl would
currently seal???  I think that is MIA at present.


Seems a bit
temperamental.


From: Dave Massey <dave1massey at cs.com>
To:
triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013, 11:59
Subject: Re: [TR]
Moss TR6 spin on oil filter conversion


Where is it leaking?  I got one
second hand (about twenty years ago) and the
bolt was too long.  I think there
is a piece missing.  A piece that works with
an O-ring or two to seal off the
bolt.  In a pinch I stacked up a couple of
washers slathered with gasket
sealer and bolted it on.  It didn't so much as
leak as it weeped.  More
recently I bought a small bag of sealing washers
(http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-sealing-washers/=n79sn1) to do it up
right.
Turns out the bolt was still too long (missing part) so I found a tight
fitting flat washer and between that and two sealing washers I got a good
fit.
It works so well that the bolt head is now rusty.

If your leak is where the
body fits into the annular seal check the sealing
ring.  A perennial problem
here is too many rings.  An old ring may still be
in there and not sealing
well.  Also the casting may not be true in which case
it will never seal.
This would qualify as a defective part.

I love my conversion.  I get oil
pressure much more quickly upon startup and
changing filters is a little less
messy.




Dave Massey






-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Cherington
<a_flying_scotsman at yahoo.com>


Hi,

Has anybody else fitted one of these????
I purchased one a long time
ago but it leaked on installation and was
replaced. I didn't get round to a
second attempt but my garage attempted to
fit the second one and it leaked
too.

Anybody else had any luck with it???