Thanks! Doug Matthews (another listee) came over. Getting the oil filter bolt
to work right was a downer, so, since his visit I've removed the o.f. head. I
found that buried in the head is a nut that wiggles. This nut holds the oil
filter togather so it is very important that it be snug. However, I have not
seen any oil coming out the front side of the oil filter head (the side
opposite the oil filter mounting). The front side of this Tecalemit oil
filter head has the large bolt buried into the aluminum. It is this large bolt
that the loose nut is attached to. The nut seems to be 3/8" and 16tpi. This
sounds confusing so I will start again.
The oil filter is held togather by a long 3/8" bolt with 16tpi. This
long bolt screws into the oil filter head into a round fitting that, wiggles on
my car. It is this round fitting which has as it's other end, the large bolt
which can be seen from the front outside.
The threads on this 'round fitting' seemed to be shot so I carefully
ran a 3/8"x16 tap thru it, however, even though I made sure the tap was 90
degrees with the fitting and it was almost as hard as making new threads, more
than just cleaning out old ones by chasing the threads. This concerns me.
Not only these female threads on the 'round fitting' bothersome, but
also the male threads on the long o.f. bolt, which screw togather. The bolt
was pretty buggered up, but since Moss lists it as "NA", I might just go to my
local hardware if tomorrow I fail to get a snug fit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Paul Dorsey
60 TR3
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