Spitfire guru's
A friend of mine has a 78 Spitfire 1500 with the spin on oil filter. A
bizarre thing happened, the oil filter popped off. It was found laying in
the engine bay off to the side. It looked normal and the threaded pipe
unto which it screws looked normal. When I tried to reinstall it it
appeared that the filter gasket contacts the seating surface before the
thread is engaged. As if the threaded pipe is too short. The last ones to
change the oil (a service station) must have had it on by one thread at
best. Typically these filters require 5 or 6 turns before the gasket
contacts the seating surface.
Has anyone words of wisdom about this. Is there a particular filter that
is necessary for this application that has a more convex shape to it?
Help me. Help me.
Dave Massey
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