In message <Pine.3.89.9401271005.A20771-0100000@world.std.com> Michael G Hering
writes:
>
> I own a '67 TR4A IRS, and I am currently installing a new/rebuilt
> engine which I ordered from the Roadster Factory (new block and Head).
> My question concerns the oil filter. I was considering changing the
> stock configuration by installing one of those spin on adaptors that
> allow you to use a modern filter rather than the cartridge type. I
> thought that this would make oil chages cleaner and easier, thus
> encouraging me to do them more frequently. But I have heard grumblings
> that doing this might prove harmfull to my engine in the long run
> (through constricted oil flow I suppose). Does anyone have any
> experience and/or comments regarding this subject? Thank you in advance.
>
> P.S. I am new to this list. What are LBC's and SOL's?
>
> Michael Hering
>
Michael, its always nice to have more people on the list with TRs.
I had a spin on filter on my TR3 for about 2 years before I took her off the
road to rebuild the engine and clean her up a bit (You should ask about
shipfitters disease). Oil changes were much easier. I've had my Land Rover
since '78 and another before then. They too have canister filters. Try as I
might, I still do not get the canister sealed on the first try about half the
time. In all those years I still have not got the knack. I figure the spin ons
are for the canister impaired like me. The only negatives I've run across are:
1. Not original
2. The canasters offer more filtering area.
Big deal, it saves doping a qt or two under the car half the times I change the
oil.
LBC = Little British Car or Large British car (Land Rover, Mk VII Jags, RR, etc)
SOL = name of the group Scions of Lucas. Back when this mail group was first
starting and we were trying to come up with a name someone suggested Sond of
Lucas, I countered with Daughters of Lucas and we comprimized with Scions as
being gender neutral.
Swork = recently coined term meaning swearing while working meaning dealing with
the inate cussidness of inatimate objects.
Ship fitters disease = meaning someone who believes that as long as they are
working on something, they might as well also work on some advacent assembly
that needs atterntion at the same time instead of coming back to it later. The
first discription I read on the list was in regard to the mythological person
who decided to replace a burnt light bulb inside his wooden ship. When he took
out the light, he noticed the fixture was cracked and decided he might as well
take care of it before replacing the bulb. When he removed the socket, he
noticed the wiring insulation was cracking and would soon need replacing. He
decided that as long as the socket was already off, he might as well go ahead
and replace the wiring (He would have to take the socket off to do this anyway),
As he removed the wiring and looked at the wood underneath he discovered dry rot
in the tember. So the ship went into dry dock to replace the light bulb.
I have ship fitters disease so bad I'm suprised Moss and the Roadster Factory
have not opened up branch offices between where I park the MGBGT and the TR3.
Take care, & welcome
TeriAnn
TeriAnn Wakeman One of these days, I'll be old enough that
twakeman@apple.com people will stop calling me crazy and start
LINK: TWAKEMAN calling me eccentric.
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