Guest Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 Hello to the List:<P>I am soliciting suggestions as to the best approach to replace/substitute/modify an existing, original L-8 oil filter. I am hesitant to cut and weld the existing filter per kits I have seen advertised and wonder if there are any other solutions. The car is an unrestored daily driver (82K miles) and not intended for show<P>Rgds & thanks,<P>Paul Edwards<BR>New Jersey, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2001 Share Posted October 11, 2001 re oil filters<P>It would be just plain nuts to operate a motor without an oil filter. I cut my L-8 completely out of the system and threw it away years ago. Since mine ( a '38 Twelve) is also a daily "beater", and since I do like to run it hard, the ONLY solution is a modern full-flow easily changed "throw-a-way" filter. I bought out of a hot rod catalog. a standard adapter, and silver-soldered the lines to connect it. That was almost thirty years ago. NO PROBLEMS ! (cept from the wise-guy "authenticity buffs".<P>Pete Hartmann<BR>Big Springs, AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2001 Share Posted October 11, 2001 Paul, I don't know what your filter looks like, but my 36' Super 8 has a filter that mounts from both ends to flanges on the oil lines with 1/4-28 bolts. What I did was get an oil filter relocation kit, you can find them in J. C. Whitney, I got the dual filter kit part # 14PF6175Y. Then I made 2 plates out of 1'' thick cold roll steel, drilled & taped for the 1/4-28 mounting bolts, and drilled & pipe taped in the center for the brass fittings that come with the kit. Doing it this way, I can remove the kit and replace the original filter just by removing the 4 bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2001 Share Posted October 12, 2001 Thanks to Bill, Peter & Jim for the advice and suggestions. I am leaning towards removing the existing L-8 filter and replacing it with an after market conversion,remote filter. This will be done at the same time as I replace the wiring harness. The new harness arrived today so I now have lots to do.<P>Rgds,<P>Paul Edwards<BR>New Jersey, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted October 12, 2001 Share Posted October 12, 2001 <BR>Hopefully this worked. This is the type of filter I have on my '31.<P>My father bought a kit a few years back that I have just found in the storage compartment. I will bring in the details on it Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted October 12, 2001 Share Posted October 12, 2001 Does anyone know the number for the filter for the '31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2001 Share Posted October 12, 2001 Tom-<BR>In the photo, below the Bijur tank, is that a Startix unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted October 15, 2001 Share Posted October 15, 2001 I cut and paste the photo from a different site so I don't know what that unit is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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