[AT] Loose oil filter mount Oliver S55

[charlie hill]

You are right about that.  I was thinking more in line with the AC stuff I'm 
familiar with where the filter is threaded more or less like a mason jar but 
either way it might help.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Loose oil filter mount Oliver S55


> charlie hill wrote:
>> Steve I took it that he has a spin on filter that is blowing out of the
>> filter housing.  Not sure how the filters work on Olivers and I don't 
>> know
>> if it would help or not.  I just figured the teflon would tighten the 
>> filter
>> up in the housing a bit.
>>
>> Charlie
>
> I was thinking the same. Most of the spin on mounts have removable
> nipples that the filter screws over. If that is the case you could
> remove the faulty one and replace it. The other option would be to
> replace the nipple with one that was replaceable. I've done that a few
> times on hydraulic filter mounts. Someone cross threads a filter OR they
> have king kong tighten it and strip the threaded nipple.
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York
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