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1275 Oil Filter Change on a Bugeye...

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Kurtis

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Guys... I know there are a lot of Bugeyes out there with 1275 engines in them. Was there some change in the location and/or configuration of the oil filter between the original 948 and the 1275 engines? Last night I had the unfortunate experience of changing my oil. I had forgotten what a messy PIA it was. The oil filter canister on my car lines up almost perfectly with the passenger side frame rail, making it very difficult to remove/replace the bolt that holds the canister in place.

Last night I decided to get smart and try a ratcheting type box wrench on the thing. It worked fine until I got the bolt to the point where it was too loose to resist the ratchet action, I and needed to take the wrench off the bolt and finish it off by hand. Unfortunately, I had backed the bolt out too close to the frame rail and couldn't get the wrench off of it! Since it was a one-way ratcheting wrench, I couldn't just tighten it back up a little. I finally managed to get it off after dumping half the contents of the oil filter in all down my arms and on my face (it took 2 ice-cold Shiner Bocks to wash the taste of used motor oil out of my mouth!)

The oil change took about an hour and a half. Surely there is a better way. Would the use of a spin on adapter/oil filter make my life a lot easier, or are there potential conflicts with it and the 1275/Bugeye combination as well?
 
There should be an adapter between the block and the filter head that angles the filter back and away. The other option is to change to a spin on filter. I've got an adapter if you need it.
 
My spin on oil filter is right in line with the frame rail as you mentioned, but if I use a short filter it is no problem. I put a long filter on it when the engine was out of the car, then it was a PITB to get it removed once the engine was in place.
 
you can easily convert it to a 1275 spin on. just need the spin on plate (bolts to block 2 bolts you know) and the metal hose.
 
Is there a difference between the 1275 and 948 filter mounting? I just changed the oil on my 948 last night, and the filter pointed nicely at an empty space in the frame. With that and the cutout through the fender area, I could get a socket on the end nut, and a hand on the filter itself. Seemed very easy. Were the later motors different?
 
The "surroundings" certainly were /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
get from a 1275 the piece that the filter spins on to (bolts to the block with 2 bolts) and the metal hose (I believe they are lil different)and swap em so you can have a spin on filter.
 
See the attached picture, and you can see where the filter canister sits relative to the frame.
 

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Your main problem is drinking Shiner Bock ice cold. Next time try just fridge cold - much more taste!
 
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Your main problem is drinking Shiner Bock ice cold. Next time try just fridge cold - much more taste!

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But then I have to keep going inside to get one instead of just reaching into the ice chest in the garage. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
just do a relocation kit and mount it up on the fender well. it'll be much easier to get to.
 
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