Hey Steve,
I bought a used oil filter adapter with used filter at a swap meet at
the Ventura British car show. It came with two adapters for purolator or
tecalamit (or something like that) heads. One is coarse and the other fine
threaded. The seller warned that using the wrong spin on filter without an
internal bypass would prevent the car from building oil pressure. I believe
my current filter is a Fram PH3600, but I would have to check. It all works
fine, but I will be replacing it to get one with fittings for an oil cooler
attachment. I may use it in my second TR. Spin on oil filters are much
easier to deal with than the renewable element types.
God luck & safe motoring
Bill Brewer
Tehachapi, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Crockett, Steve" <steve.crockett@analog.com>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 12:39 PM
Subject: FW: Spin - on oil filter adapters
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> > Has anyone had a bad experience with the spin-on oil filter adapters on
a
> > TR3-A ? I tried to install this weekend and found the adapter bolt to be
too
> > short to properly thread in. Stripped out the first few threads before I
> > realized that there was an extra rubber gasket preventing the adapter
from
> > fully seating. Fixed that issue, but found there was still not enough
thread
> > to hold the adapter in.....how did I find this out, you may ask??? Well,
after
> > filling the oil sump and starting up the car, I found no oil
pressure....shut
> > her down and noticed the spreading dark stain beneath the car. The oil
filter
> > had blown off and pumped about three quarts of oil onto the garage
floor! I
> > finally decided to revert back to the original canister filter. Any
similar
> > experiences????
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