[Mg-t] How to seat oil filter seal?

[John F. Quilter]

I usually use some heavy wheel bearing grease to "glue" it in while fitting 
the canister.  Actually, I find these seals don't have to be changed very 
often.  Once in place they last a long while over a number of filler 
changes.  Always test for leaks on first start up after a filter change.

John Quilter
Eugene, Oregon
Four cars with these type filters;
1965 Jaguar sedan
1960 Morris convertible
1960 Morris four door
1969 Austin America

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WBEECH" <wbeech at flash.net>
To: "'Bob Donahue'" <bobmgtd at comcast.net>; "'mg-t'" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] How to seat oil filter seal?


> There is a seat in there where it should slide in and stay until you get 
> the
> canister on.  Be sure you have all of the old seal out first and the area
> cleaned, then smear some fresh oil on the new seal and push it into the
> seat.  I use a small flat screwdriver(very gently) to push it in evenly 
> all
> the way around.
>
> Yes, it does get a little tedious at times.
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Bob Donahue
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:50 PM
> To: mg-t
> Subject: [Mg-t] How to seat oil filter seal?
>
> How do you seat the oil filter seal ring on a horizontal TD canister 
> without
> going insane? There must be an easier way. (Alas, I would install a spin 
> on
> adapter, but I can't get the filter bolt thingy off!)
>
> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
> Email - bobmgtd at comcast.net
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