SendMail TO(BritCars) Subj(Re: British Cars Digest #1077 Th) File(JAN29944.oma)
BlackTiger Mailer - Msg Created 01-29-1994 .. 01:25:01
After some bad mushrooms >TeriAnn said>>>>
>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:
>
I have had a spin on on my TR3 for about 5 years (or was it two oil
changes?). I never could get the darned canister to work without leaking.
The spin on adapter was real easy to install and is a great asset.
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>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.
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THANKS DR. WAKEMAN!!!! I have never been diagnosed before but
I have suffered from this for YEARS!
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