My car has the similar hole in the fender. It is a very clean job. Also
as I understand it many BL dealers added this hole for ease of changing
the filter.
aaron
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Hutmacher, Greg wrote:
>
> One of my earlier TR6's had a similar mod and it was actually done very
> well. The PO had taken a small diameter circular "door knob" saw that fits
> on the end of a drill and made a perfect circular hole in the inner fender
> that lines up perfectly with the filter bolt. Its just big enough in
> diameter to fit a socket and extension through. Not large enough to pull the
> filter through. Hardly noticeable. It looked factory, it was so clean. On my
> newer TR6 (76), the PO unfortunately did a poor job of the same mod. It has
> very jagged edges and looks like a vandal did it. One of these days, I'll
> have to figure out how to repair it without replacing the entire inner
> fender. Common to both of these cars' mods is that you easily fit a socket
> and extension through to loosen and remove the filter bolt, but you still
> cannot remove the cannister itself except by the old fashioned way. But
> that's not a problem for me. I just clean the canister in place before
> refitting.
> Regards, Greg Hutmacher
> -------
> That's a quite common modification, and I have seen a couple of cars in our
> club with it done. I just can't bring myself to do that (visions of the car
> 'bleeding' if I cut it, etc.), still opting to use up my stock of OE filters
> until I install the spin-on adapter I bought last year. Funny the factory
> never made that change, or the dealership network (as their mechanics had to
> deal with it). Does anyone have the factory manual listing recommended
> service times for a TR6 oil change? Perhaps the lengthy process worked in a
> dealer's favour.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Massey [SMTP:105671.471@compuserve.com]
> Sent: March 22, 1999 3:40 PM
> To: TR List
> Subject: TR6 Oil Filter Change
>
>
> The real solution to the problem of oil filter changes in LHD Carb'd
> TR6's
> is a handy access panel in the inner wheel well. S-T could have
> made a
> flap out of tin with a piano hinge and some of the Dzus fasteners
> left over
> from the TR3 production..... ;-)
>
> Dave Massey
>
>
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