Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:18:59 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m06.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.161] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2957277 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:12:17 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.12.) id q.c5.3d993028 (30950) for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:12:05 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:12:04 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Fw: Oil Filter Adapter X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1075468324" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 450 -------------------------------1075468324 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/29/2004 10:47:49 PM Central Standard Time, debanddan@msn.com writes: Soliciting advice for an oil filter adapter. In my final (a relative term) stages of building and presently working on firewall fwd. Current setup: L-360, large tail, IO-360 (angled). I did purchase B&C's 90 degree spin-on oil filter adapter (11:30 position type) only to find out that a standard filter is about 1.5" too tall to fit under the cowl. B&C does offer a shorter, squat-type filter (Hastings?), but methinks I should go a different route. Two other choices come to mind: the Lycoming straight back-type adapter or the Airwolf remote system. Dan, Sounds like you are also continuing with the non-long engine mount (i.e. the original "short"). One solution is to go with the long engine mount allowing the use of the regular oil filter adapter. Personally, I use the remote mount adapter that allowed me to position the filter for almost dripless maintenance changes. The drawback is another pair of teflon SS-braid fire-shielded oil hoses clogging up the minimal space between the firewall and the engine (I continue to suffer with short things - tail and mount). Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) "...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld -------------------------------1075468324 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 1/29/2004 10:47:49 PM Central Standard Time,=20 debanddan@msn.com writes:
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Soliciting advice for an oil filter adapter.  In my final (a=20 relative term) stages of building and presently working
on firewall fwd.  Current setup: L-360, large tail, IO-360=20 (angled).  I did purchase B&C's 90 degree spin-on oil filter adap= ter=20 (11:30 position type) only to find out that a standard filter is abou= t=20 1.5" too tall to fit under the cowl. 
B&C does offer a shorter, squat-type filter (Hastings?), but meth= inks=20 I should go a different route.
Two other choices come to mind: the Lycoming straight back-type adapt= er=20 or the Airwolf remote system.
Dan,
 
Sounds like you are also continuing with the non-long engine mount (i.e= .=20 the original "short").  One solution is to go with the long engine moun= t=20 allowing the use of the regular oil filter adapter.
 
Personally, I use the remote mount adapter that allowed me to position=20= the=20 filter for almost dripless maintenance changes.  The drawback is anothe= r=20 pair of teflon SS-braid fire-shielded oil hoses clogging up the minimal spac= e=20 between the firewall and the engine (I continue to suffer with short th= ings=20 - tail and mount).=20
 
Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

"...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we kn= ow=20 we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there= are=20 some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones w= e=20 don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld
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