[TR] Moss TR6 spin on oil filter conversion

[Dave Massey]

That is the TR3/4 adapter.  The TR6 is different.
http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=54777





Dave Massey






-----Original Message-----
From: Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>
To: triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 8:36 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Moss TR6 spin on oil filter conversion


Perhaps I've been lucky, but I've installed two w/o leaks.

In one case I removed 3 old seals that were jammed in the filter head.
Used Loctite on the threads.  Lubed all the seals.  Tighten the bejeezus
out of the unit, then hand-tightened the spin-on filter.

Here are the instructions from one of mine (they were both MOCAL from Moss)
in case it is of use:

http://tinyurl.com/mq4tx5a

Geo


On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Alex Cherington <
a_flying_scotsman at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
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> 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.
>
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>
> Dave Massey
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>
> -----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???