Part left over - HELP!!

[tdskip]

Dale - here is my thread on this from when I installed mine;

https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/topics/307761/1

 

[Tinster]

Fitting it can be a pain - very fiddly sort of job <span style="color: #990000">great ! </span>

I ended up under the car to install mine. <span style="color: #990000">Now THAT puzzles me to no end.
I had my car on jacks attempting to get at the oil filter canister
from underneath. I could not even see it, let alone touch it.

Are we talking about a TR6? or some other model?

Thanks,

d </span>

 

[poolboy]

On point reply-
I just spent another 3 hours labor trying to install the oil filter canister
with the filter, spring and bulgie part. No luck whatsoever. The spring
pushed all the parts away from the block so the bolt threads cannot get a grip.

If you continue to use the cannister, whether you bring it in for the oil change or not, you need to peen the bolt so that all the components except the filter element remain on the bolt.

 

[Tinster]

Now the cleanup begins!!!!!!!!!!!
Never again will I attempt to change the oil
and filter on a TR6 myself.

 

[Brosky]

Guys, thanks for correcting me. It should be going towards the 7:00 position.

Dale, the adapter is in CT and is packaged and will being shipped UPS overnight to you. You will have it by days end tomorrow. Please do not mangle the big round o-ring that came with your filter, as that is the only item missing from the adapter that I'm sending to you.

Be patient, get the part in your hand, understand how simple it is to install and do not take anything off that is not necessary before studying what really needs to be removed for the proper installation.

My work here is done............I have to get back to earning a living.

 

[poolboy]

Now the cleanup begins!!!!!!!!!!!
Never again will I attempt to change the oil
and filter on a TR6 myself.

If it's any consolation, Dale, when I was 19, I left a puddle like that on my parent's newly poured driveway from a cannister oil filter that had an O-ring already in place and unnoticed by me when I put in a new one in place on my pride and joy XK-120
I was personna non grata for quite a while.
The next time a can leaked, 10 years later, was due to a pinched O-ring seal which gave way under high speed in an XK-150. This time the oil was spread along the asphalt, leaving me in need of another crankshaft.
Since then, if there were a conversion availabe, it didn't take me too long to obtain one and install it.

 

[TR3driver]

I've even seen professionals do that, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Most amusing incident was when a local mechanic assembled a Toyota engine with the wrong front cover, that effectively blocked the oil pressure relief valve. Fired the engine up for the first time, it promptly split the oil filter can open and spewed nearly 5 quarts on the floor. "Must've been a defective filter." So, had to mop the floor up, then install another filter (carefully inspected this time) and another 5 quarts ... same result.

Fortunately the shop owner stepped in, or there might have been yet another puddle

Some die grinder work opened up the relief passage, and the 3rd tie was the charm.

 

[Tinster]

I watched a young woman attempt to pour a quart
of oil into her radiator; after I had offered to assist
and got the cold shoulder from her.

Then there's the time twp BCFers watched water gushing
out of Crypty's water pump housing; with a garden hose in
radiator...........................

both failed to notice the 9/16" wrench protruding
from the housing side!!

d :thumbsup:

 

[tdskip]

Dale - I forgot to mention that I managed to shoot oil all over my garage floor as well. You have a LOT of company on this - wear it as a badge of honor!

 

[Brosky]

So that's how that 9/16" wrench got where it is today........

 

[2wrench]

I agree with all of the above....

While under the car to fix a leak from the overdrive unit, I took an
opportunity to shoot this picture of my oil filter with the adapter.
Dale, as you look at these, I think you'll see that, while tight, it will
be possible to unscrew and remove the filter:

and another shot at a kinda funny angle:

 

[Brosky]

Here's another view from down under.

 

[Brosky]

Heres another view, on the stand and from the rear.

 

[DNK]

Where'd all that oil come from?

 

[mrv8q]

FWIW, when I had to pull the canister to replace it with the spin-on adaptor, the <span style="font-style: italic">only</span> thing I had to remove was the 3-prong oil pressure switch. Once removed, I was able to fish the canister up and out. Good luck, Dale, this one's easy!

 

[RonMacPherson]

Don, I admire your filter selection.

It looks like the clutch slave plate is mounted on the engine side. If so, you might want to move it next time you get down there. It should be mounted on the trans side of the bellhousing.

 

[2wrench]

Love that red engine, Paul. Looks nice. Maybe I just dig red.

 

[DNK]

Ron- That's Paul's motor. I was just yanken his chain about the oil on his headers!

 

[RonMacPherson]

I was replying(I thought) to 2 wrench's pictures. evidently I pushed the wrong buttons.. or at the wrong time.

 

[DeltaAir423]

Now the cleanup begins!!!!!!!!!!!
Never again will I attempt to change the oil
and filter on a TR6 myself.

That's a small spill. I once spilled 8 gallons of Skydrol (aircraft hyd fluid) all over the ramp, of course it bounced off my chest first. Aside from the warm tingling sensation that one receives after getting Skydrol on the skin, I also learned an important lesson in regards to what head pressure is.