Oil filter relocation, Classic

[Grover Pickering]

Some screen/expanded metal should be enough to shield it.

It would be nice to get to in that location.

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Jim Wright <wrightj at apple.com> wrote:

> I'll be getting into the garage this weekend to look at my project car
> some more and see what I can scope out.  I like the idea of mounting the
> filter down through the washer bottle area, as long as the filter itself
> can be shielded a bit from any debris hitting it.
>
> But mounting in that position will cause the any oil in the lines to drain
> through the filter head once the filter is removed, I think, since the
> lines will be running upwards from where the filter head is.
>
> The oil cooler arrived today, so now I can get the lines planned out.
>  I'll see what more I can do with this to come up with a good plan.
>
>
> Jim
>
> On Dec 9, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Grover Pickering wrote:
>
> > There is no plastic trim on the LeMons car.  but - that does mean that
> it would be "open" to rocks, etc if its in the fender-well.
> >
> > I don't know off-hand if it all fits - but it would be nice to keep it
> all in the RH headlight area and directly behind that.
> >
> > Grover
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:19 PM, epster <epster at jazzhorn.us> wrote:
> > As I recall, you would just need to cut out the black plastic trim on
> the bottom. When I tucked the 300Z intercooler on the driver side, I
> trimmed off the black plastic -  its' an extension of the fender liner (I
> think) - and you could access all that space
>
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