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Gentlemen:

I have an 1100 in my BE that has a spin-on oil filter adapter. I have a 1275 I am re-doing that has the OE oil filter set up. I intend to swap the 1275 into the BE, but I was toying with the idea of keeping the OE oil filter setup in place.

Of course, the 1275 is old and I'm re-doing all the gaskets. The OE oil filter set up seems to have all its pieces. my questions are:

- Are these OE oil filter setups too troublesome?
- It appears to have a rubber O-ring in the housing. Should this be replaced? Are there other parts that should also be replaced (in addition to the oil filter)?
- Should I just swap the spin-on adapter into the 1275?

Let me know your thoughts,
Mike Pennell
 
I have the original 1275 oil filter setup on my car.

- To troublesome ? never had any trouble with the original set-up, however it is a bit of a pain changing the filter (hard to remove canistor without dumping oil down your arm) but then I only have to change about 3 times per season & I don't have have to worry about fittings leaking etc. that are sometimes an issue with spin on adaptors.

- rubber O-Ring, if your talking about the one that fits against the top of the canistor, a new one comes with the filter.

- swap it out ? never had a spin on adaptor so I'm not sure of the pro's & cons, I have read that it makes filter changes easier, but some have reported issues with leaks...
 
I had the standard canister on my 1098 but in the box of parts was an adapter. Why isn't this on the car? I wonder. I put it on. It leaks and leaks and I still haven't shut it up! My problem is the lower portion of the housing where it mates with the adapter that goes to the block. I'm 90% sure that was cause of the one, somewhat minor oil leak, I had left after chasing others. I blamed the dizzy shaft and dipstick and spent too much time on those! It's on the to-do list yet this spring. I needed a square cross section o-ring to fit in there and couldn't find one so used The Right Stuff to fill the groove which "almost" worked. Benefit is almost any off the shelf filter will spin on.
 
I've got a spin on adapter on Bugsy, my '68 with a 1098 installed. I've had issues with getting a good grip on the filter to get it to spin off. I usually end up unbolting the oil cooler line from the top of the adapter, and unbolting the adapter from the side of the block and carrying it over to the workbench. Far less oil seems to spill that way. No leaks at all and works well. Far less messy than the OEM canister setup.
 
I had the original cannister-style filter on my 948, and had trouble with the O-rings fitting properly, depending on the brand of filter I used. I switched that to a spin-on adapter, and that worked fine.

The new 1275 uses the stock spin-on fitting from the later 1275. Haven't run that engine yet, but I assume it will work fine.
 
Drew:

I actually have two 1275s. The later (from a 1973) had an adapter that appears to take a spin-on filter. However, I tried to spin on both a Purolator and Fram filter that I had in the garage, but neither would fit. It appears the threads on the spin-on are larger than those on the filters.

Can you give me some insight on this?

Mike Pennell
 
Go to O'Reileys and buy the filter that they say fits a 1973 MG Midget. It will fit.
Bill
 
I haven't tried to put a filter on the engine yet -- it's still on a cart in the back of the garage, waiting for me to get my butt in gear... :smile:
 
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