What I like about the hanging filter the most is that I can fill it with
oil before installing it, which gets the oil pressure up sooner on
startup. My '69 B had the inverted cartridge filter originally. The
adapter had its own drain plug, accessible from below, so the filter
housing could be drained before removing the housing. Gotta face facts
though; changing oil is messy. :-(
I checked my engine. The starter does extend slightly into the space
directly below the filter adapter mounting boss. I'm not sure the
spin-on adapters I was going on about are OEM parts. Anyone know for sure?
CR
On 4/24/2015 4:02 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs wrote:
> FWIW I've got two hanging filters and one inverted, and for me the
> inverted is far easier to handle and no messier. The problem with the
> hanging is that as soon as the seal breaks on unscrewing oil runs down
> the outside, making the can slippy and impossible to grip with gloves,
> I have to wrap masking tape round them first. They also need
> something underneath them to catch the dripping oil, just like the
> inverted, but I'd rather be handling a clean cannister than one
> covered in oil.
>
> Also FWIW from what I've seen the factory only used the hanging
> screw-on for four months, but it was from Oct 73 to Feb 74 whereas the
> same 2M100 starter was used from August 71 onwards, and modified 18V
> engines for the rubber bumper models didn't start until September 74.
> So I don't see what the starter has to do with first the introduction
> of a hanging spin-on and then the almost immediate reversion to inverted.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> ... I am using the other one on the Moss Motors page â?? the inverted
>> adapter (72). I didnâ??t pay $100 for it, though -- I found it at the
>> wreckers. Itâ??s convenient but a little messy.
>
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