Well, in preparation for the Palo Alto British
meet I've been going thru a few neglected items on our
Riley, one of which was changing the oil. This in
itself is not the problem, but setting right the
original oil filter setup very well could be.
The 1 1/2 liter post-war Riley engine (not the
later B-Series) uses a Wilmott-Breeden sealed cannister
filter that you throw away rather than change elements.
Initially I thought this'd be a bugger to find, but
comparing it to a MGTC filter showed they were one in
the same. $33 later (!) I had a new filter. Now here's
the issue; the oil filter is hard plumbed and uses
banjo-fitting connections. One of the previous P.O.s
of Mr. Riley apparently had one of these oil lines
break on him, and instead of replacing the line he
simply cut the broken section out & clamped on a piece
of high-pressure rubber oil hose. Now since I'm
replacing the filter, I'd like to go back to original and
repair the hard lines as well. The banjo fittings are
there, and so I need to make up the lines and braze (?)
them on. Any suggestions, as I've never brazed (if
that's in fact what I need to do), would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance-
dstone@sc9.intel.com
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