Mike....you're quite right, of course, (and I note Larry Macy pointed out
the same possibility shortly after I replied this morning).
However, I work on the assumption that people working on their cars have
some common sense! If the filter touches in just one place, the assumption
that the part to which the filter is being attached is bent would surely
have been immediately apparent. I thought the original poster meant the
filter was oscillating as it was installed, with the point of contact
moving around the adapter.
Still, maybe I'm too smart for my own good and missed the point of the
original post completely!!
Thanks for pointing out an alternative that hadn't occurred to me.....
Lawrie
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> From: miker15@juno.com
> To: Lawrie@britcars.com
> Cc: tboicey@brit.ca; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: MGB spin on filter alignment?
> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 10:50 AM
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:31:31 -0800 "Lawrie Alexander"
> <Lawrie@britcars.com> writes:
> >Quick answer - you installed a defective filter! Every so often we
> >encounter the same thing, where a filter has been damaged during
> >manufacture (presumably by the tool that cuts the threads). You should
> >never use one that does not make even contact around the base when the
> >rubber first touches; take it back to your supplier and demand a new
> >one!
> >
> >Lawrie
> >British Sportscar Center
>
> Agreed this can happen Lawrie - but i have seen at least two instances
> of the
> centre tube being out of alignment and causing the same situation
> As an illustration, this summer i took 2 hours to remove one from
> my 72 and it had only been there 4 months wheras the one i took off my
> parts
> car which hadnt run sisnce 81 came off with a normal filter wrench
> first pull -
> needless to say the bracket from the parts car is now on the 72!!
>
> mike robson
> 69 roadster
> 70 BGT
> 72 roadster
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