One of my earlier TR6's had a similar mod and it was actually done very
well. The PO had taken a small diameter circular "door knob" saw that fits
on the end of a drill and made a perfect circular hole in the inner fender
that lines up perfectly with the filter bolt. Its just big enough in
diameter to fit a socket and extension through. Not large enough to pull the
filter through. Hardly noticeable. It looked factory, it was so clean. On my
newer TR6 (76), the PO unfortunately did a poor job of the same mod. It has
very jagged edges and looks like a vandal did it. One of these days, I'll
have to figure out how to repair it without replacing the entire inner
fender. Common to both of these cars' mods is that you easily fit a socket
and extension through to loosen and remove the filter bolt, but you still
cannot remove the cannister itself except by the old fashioned way. But
that's not a problem for me. I just clean the canister in place before
refitting.
Regards, Greg Hutmacher
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That's a quite common modification, and I have seen a couple of cars in our
club with it done. I just can't bring myself to do that (visions of the car
'bleeding' if I cut it, etc.), still opting to use up my stock of OE filters
until I install the spin-on adapter I bought last year. Funny the factory
never made that change, or the dealership network (as their mechanics had to
deal with it). Does anyone have the factory manual listing recommended
service times for a TR6 oil change? Perhaps the lengthy process worked in a
dealer's favour.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Massey [SMTP:105671.471@compuserve.com]
Sent: March 22, 1999 3:40 PM
To: TR List
Subject: TR6 Oil Filter Change
The real solution to the problem of oil filter changes in LHD Carb'd
TR6's
is a handy access panel in the inner wheel well. S-T could have
made a
flap out of tin with a piano hinge and some of the Dzus fasteners
left over
from the TR3 production..... ;-)
Dave Massey
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