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Jay has written about this before, but I've been digging into one of my engines and am wondering where people are at regarding the semi-complicated oil filter system.
My FNM 2300 came with a spin-on as standard equipment. I converted my first spare to a Myron adapter. This last spare engine will serve for a while as a display, so I wanted to keep the original filter kit. I thought I had a complete set-up, but it appears I don't. It was roughly 1979 the last time I had my hands on a 102 cannister filter, and it's likely I didn't know what I was looking at then, either.
Below is a picture from the parts catalog. According to Jay, over time many of these assemblies have had critical parts discarded, resulting in the canister being a storage bin for a soggy felt sock rather than providing any filtering.
I am missing a couple of gaskets/O-rings that I've sorted out. However, I don't have the metal perforated "tube" that surrounds the original felt filter element. This tube performs two functions. It keeps the felt element from blowing outwards and coming unseated from the end-caps, and it sets the length of the filter assembly so that felt element is not crushed and deformed.
Jay says only three of the numerous cars he's had his hands on had a complete assembly. I understan that converting to a spin on solves this problem, but I'd like to have at least one engine stay original in this regard.
Does anyone have a spare perforated tube? I note that the parts book does not provide a part number for this piece, which strikes me as odd.
I have an Italian-made oil filter element that is the same length as the original felt sock, and the end-caps of which fit perfectly into the top and bottom cap originally intended to grip the perforated tube. The more modern filter (shown below - orange) has its own metal surround, thus fixing the length and keeping things from being crushed.
A long time ago I ordered a new element from OKP, and what I got was a felt sock much like the original, but too long and slightly too small in diameter. Probably for a 1300 or something.
Does anyone know of a supplier for the orange type with self-contained perforated metallic surround?
Does anyone know of a source for the original perforated metallic tube?
My FNM 2300 came with a spin-on as standard equipment. I converted my first spare to a Myron adapter. This last spare engine will serve for a while as a display, so I wanted to keep the original filter kit. I thought I had a complete set-up, but it appears I don't. It was roughly 1979 the last time I had my hands on a 102 cannister filter, and it's likely I didn't know what I was looking at then, either.
Below is a picture from the parts catalog. According to Jay, over time many of these assemblies have had critical parts discarded, resulting in the canister being a storage bin for a soggy felt sock rather than providing any filtering.
I am missing a couple of gaskets/O-rings that I've sorted out. However, I don't have the metal perforated "tube" that surrounds the original felt filter element. This tube performs two functions. It keeps the felt element from blowing outwards and coming unseated from the end-caps, and it sets the length of the filter assembly so that felt element is not crushed and deformed.
Jay says only three of the numerous cars he's had his hands on had a complete assembly. I understan that converting to a spin on solves this problem, but I'd like to have at least one engine stay original in this regard.
Does anyone have a spare perforated tube? I note that the parts book does not provide a part number for this piece, which strikes me as odd.
I have an Italian-made oil filter element that is the same length as the original felt sock, and the end-caps of which fit perfectly into the top and bottom cap originally intended to grip the perforated tube. The more modern filter (shown below - orange) has its own metal surround, thus fixing the length and keeping things from being crushed.
A long time ago I ordered a new element from OKP, and what I got was a felt sock much like the original, but too long and slightly too small in diameter. Probably for a 1300 or something.
Does anyone know of a supplier for the orange type with self-contained perforated metallic surround?
Does anyone know of a source for the original perforated metallic tube?
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