Date:         Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:33:41 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why,
              I'll tell you BTW
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Replaceable oil filters came in with hydraulic lifters. Before then all VWs
had only cleanable pickup screens to filter out the "big stuff".

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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.
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