Re: the hole in the inner fender to get at the oil cannister.
It's funny how many DPO's put this hole in! My car has it also.
Could there be some other explanation for this ;-)
Robert Carley
73 TR6
Hutmacher, Greg wrote:
> 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
> -------
> 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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