Hmmm, must have different styles for different cars. My adapter is just
one thick plate with holes and the filter sticks out at about a 90 deg.
angle from the engine.
My plate is held on with 3 black, counter sunk, allen bolts. These bolts
do nothing
except hold the plate to the block.
Does your brass bolt serve another application other than holding the
adapter to the block? Does it channel the oil perhaps?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: <Awgertoo@aol.com>
To: <Editorgary@aol.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Filter(s) for Spin-on adapter AND Moss spin-on
adaptor failure
> Gary--
>
> I use the K&N 2009 filter on all my cars.
>
> Today I started up the rebuilt MGA engine for the Elva--a friend was
> checking and setting the timing as I sat in the car keeping the revs
> steady--all of
> a sudden the OP light came on and I shut down instantly. The brass
> adaptor
> bolt which is part of the Moss spin-on oil filter kit sheared at its
> small
> diameter, blowing off the filter and spraying oil everywhere.
>
> When I installed the part I choked up on the ratchet handle so I would
> not
> apply too much torque. Nevertheless it came apart--Moss is sending a
> replacement but that might have been at least a mess for cars behind me
> and at most a
> blown engine had it happened on the track. I am writing them to suggest
> that they have the part machined out of steel rather than brass.
>
> Best--Michael
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