Will Daehler wrote:
>
> I'm putting the oil filter head back on the TR4 block. Pulling four
> fasteners out of the ziplock bag, where they had been carefully stored
> fifteen months earlier.
>
> Three bolts, all of different lengths, turn in like flint, and then
> comes the challenge: the stud and the oil pressure pipe hardware. The
> oil pipe and brass slip ring feeds the oil pressure gage. There's two
> copper washers, and a stud, and an acorn nut for the balance of
> hardware.
>
> I can't believe this is the right stud. It looks like a normal 5/16 th
> stud with fine thread on one end and course on the other. I threaded it
> into the block. How is the pressure of engine oil supposed to slip out
> to the ring on the oil feed hose? Osmosis? Telepathy? This stud is
> way too short anyway. By the time all the hardware is assembled, there
> is nothing left for the acorn to grab onto.
>
> The Moss TR4 catalog is no help. Every piece of hardware is listed and
> available, except this stud. Balloon #39 is missing. That the part I
> need. Missing for a good reason I bet.
>
> The stud I would expect to see would be a specialized one. Machined in
> some way. Like hollowed out, or slotted, drilled, turned or milled.
> Or in some way tatooed.
>
> Can anyone help?The oil pressure comes out around the stud. The hole in the
>filter head
is bigger than the stud. The two copper washers have different size
holes. The one with the larger hole goes against the filter head, then
the banjo bolt (oil Line), Then the copper washer with the smaller hole,
and last the acorn nut. The acorn nut covers the top of the stud.
Hopes this makes sense to you.
Dean in Richmond
2 TR3A
1 TR4
1 Sports Six
1 TR6
1 Stag
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