Jeff,
I recently bought a # 551312 from NAPA - it had the 3/4" x 5/8"
adapter in the box with the filter - may have been a fluke, though.
Call up NAPA near you, and ask them to look in one of the boxes for
you... The filter fits my '63 OK (already had the adapter), but I
haven't actually put the one that came with the filter on the block to
check it... looks the same.
good luck,
Peter Ficklin
'63 & '68 Spits
Fresno, CA
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Jeff McNeal wrote:
>
> I just made my third and fourth visits to auto parts stores in search of a
> spin on oil filter for my '67 Mk3.
>
> I left both NAPA and PEP BOYS empty handed. The problem appears to be with
> my male/mail thread adapter. It appears to be 5/8" to 5/8" -- and NOBODY
> seems to stock an oil filter with a 5/8" thread. The world of oil filters
> is apparently 3/4".
>
> The filter that was on the car is a Unipart whose number doesn't even show
> up in the NAPA cross reference chart -- that's how old it is. This also may
> have something to do with my Spitfire being an English home market car.
>
> So what's the consensus? Where do I find an oil filter with a 5/8" thread
> or a new adapter that goes from 5/8" to 3/4"? This is beginning to drive me
> batty.
>
> Much obliged.
>
> Jeff in San Diego
> '67 RHD Spitfire Mk3
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