Michael,
I had the same problem as George and solved it the same way.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
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-----Original Message-----
From: Geo Hahn <geohahn@azstarnet.com>
To: TR <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: Spin on oil filter adaptor
>
>Michael Marr wrote:
>
>> I installed the Mocal spin-on filter adaptor today, on my TR3A. I am
seeing
>> a leak around the outer rim of the adaptor, where it seals inside the
groove
>> that the old cartridge filter holder sat in..... Seems to me
>> that someone had a similar problem recently, and found the perfect
gasket
>> somewhere or other.
>
>I think it was me & perhaps others. Being lazy I had never bothered to
replace
>the gasket in all the years I used the cartridges, but did so when I
installed
>the adaptor (using one of the gaskets supplied with it) and got a fine
leak.
>Fortunately, in addition to being lazy I am frugal & had saved all the
gaskets
>from over the years that came with the cartridges.
>
>Sure enough, in addition to coming in two sizes (fat & skinny) some of the
fat
>ones were a bit fatter than the others. I found one that seemed to better
fill
>the groove of the adaptor and indeed the leak was gone.
>
>Since you're looking for a diameter and a specific profile in a "square"
O-ring
>it may be hard to find on the shelf somewhere. If you send me your
address I
>can mail you 2 or 3 likely ones from my "collection".
>
>Geo Hahn
>59 TR3A
>
>
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