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-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:02 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you BTW On 12/30/2015 07:11 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Yes the wrong filter feels OK once the gasket makes contact. The > noticeable difference is how much they wobble or sag just hanging on the threads. Makes sense. > The 72 bus if it had the 1.7L pancake engine had an oil filter. Naw, it had the 1600cc dual-port. No oil filter and no particularly easy way to install one. Man's got to change the oil every 1,500 miles. But it was a good excuse to adjust the valves anyway.
> I am in Florida not heading back to New York until this weekend. It > was 85 today. I am not looking forward to cold weather. > Leave the van alone and wait for spring. > Good advice. Gotta get me a second car . . . -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4489/11256 - Release Date: 12/25/15 |
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