Gary ... Check page 16 in our Rare and Hard to Find
Parts Catalog ............ Norman Nock
www.BritishCarSpecialists.com
tech. questions David Nock healeydoc@sbcglobal.net
Parts inquiry, Sheila Nock-Huggins
britishcardoc@sbcglobal.net NEW web site
--- Awgertoo@aol.com wrote:
> Gary--
>
> I use the K&N 2009 filter on all my cars.
>
> Today I started up the rebuilt MGA engine for the
> Elva--a friend was
> checking and setting the timing as I sat in the car
> keeping the revs steady--all of
> a sudden the OP light came on and I shut down
> instantly. The brass adaptor
> bolt which is part of the Moss spin-on oil filter
> kit sheared at its small
> diameter, blowing off the filter and spraying oil
> everywhere.
>
> When I installed the part I choked up on the ratchet
> handle so I would not
> apply too much torque. Nevertheless it came
> apart--Moss is sending a
> replacement but that might have been at least a
> mess for cars behind me and at most a
> blown engine had it happened on the track. I am
> writing them to suggest
> that they have the part machined out of steel
> rather than brass.
>
> Best--Michael
>
>
> In a message dated 4/26/2008 2:33:02 P.M. Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> Editorgary@aol.com writes:
>
> I've got a Smitty spin-on oil filter adapter on my
> BN7 (which I assume is
> pretty much the same spec as the standard spin-on
> adapter as sold by Moss),
> and
> can't remember the brand and number of the correct
> filter. (The one on the
> engine is completely black, and must have had a
> removable label when I
> installed
> it, since it has no indication of either brand or
> number.)
> Can anyone help? Email me directly if you do, since
> I only get the digest.
>
> Cheers
> Gary
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