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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Dang Oil Filter - 72 Midget !

<dang>
<rant>
I know, I know, and I have been doing this for
almost 20 years, but getting that old oil filter
out is a pain! Won't fit between the frame and
the sump, nor on the offside of the frame rail.
Gotta get it from the right-side wheel well which
means dumping the filter and HOPING it hits the
drain pan below which I can't see.

But if I have put the front wheels on ramps to
get under to drain the oil, I cannot then turn the
front wheel for clearance to reach the filter.

It's always messy.
</rant>
</dang>

chuck
chuckc

Ive noticed that the frams are a shorter filter so easier to work with...are you using a spin on oil filter housing, they are much easier then the fatory set-up

If your a gambling man, there is always jiffy lube and sex shop...come on down get an oil change and will lube your rearend for free. LOL


Prop
Prop

Chuckc:

Try this:

Loosen the filter up about half way - then wrap a small plastic grocery bag (or 2 if the oil filter is hot...) and just before it falls out of your hand - it should fall INTO the plastic bag. Then as the whole mess tips / dips / spins / then bounces off the subframe - it should stay inside the plastic bag.

You have to move quickly - Not perfect - but worth a try.

On my 2008 Sonata - same problem - you must reach up into a circular pre-cut access hole in the covering shroud under the engine - those Koreans must like clean engine bays...but same solution - however, in this case - the bagged filter falls vertically into the bag then onto your chest...Six of one and half dozen of the other...

Besides, a little bit of hot engine oil keeps your knuckles soft & supple...

Mike "Baby Soft Skin" P.
Buffalo, NY
Mike Pelone

I saw the following on ebay and remembered this thread.

GFE166 OIL FILTER A-SERIES Item 380094911409

It looks smaller that the standard filter and slightly tapered too. It might be easier to fit/remove although I have no way of assessing its quality.

Chris
Chris H (1970 Midget 1275)

beware - GFE166 is the Unipart part number for the midget heavy duty filter, but that ebay item picture is not the genuine article.


David (davidDOTsmithAT stonesDOTcom)

I used to managed to move mine up and out of the car, past the steering rack (which is on the other side of the car for you)...

Why not fit a remote housing? Then you can change the filter without breaking a sweat? Suggest on the other side from mine.

A
Anthony Cutler

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BTW - it takes a HOF200 filter which costs £1.50 or so with trade discount...

A


Anthony Cutler

Gee, I always look for the LONGER filter that does NOT say Fram on it. I never found it to be a problem, either. I must be doing it wrong... It is certainly easier than my 2002 VW GTi that resembles the OLD MG style with a cartridge insert. VW (and the rest of the Germans?) still have not learned about filter technology OR lugnuts. How does it make sense to have to replace the entire hub because some minimum wage tire-jockey cross-threaded a lug bolt rather than simply replacing a stud??? To say nothing of the simplicity of hanging the wheel on the studs and starting the lugnuts... MUCH easier than trying to get the rim to stay on the ring while lining up the holes and starting a lug bolt!
David "Nope, not on my car" Lieb
David Lieb

I dont have problems ither, but mine came with an aftermarket spinner...so I just figured it was a Uk thing.

So what happened with the Hub, Stud, and lug... This sounds like a bizzare personal experiance. how long ago did this happen, definatly not one Ive heard of before, truly a classic in the making....we need another class on the BBS for stories just like this, Now that would be a fun class section.

Prop
Prop

on the outer side of the chasis rail the flanges have part circular cut outs so the filter can be removed "easly"
Onno Könemann

Prop,
I was just ranting about German cars. I have not personally cross-threaded a lug bolt, but my brother-in-law used to work for a tire place and one of the guys there managed to do so on all four corners of a very expensive Mercedes sedan. It gave him job security right up until he had finished paying for the repairs...
David "don't get me started on the seat recliners in my GTi" Lieb
David Lieb

"""It gave him job security right up until he had finished paying for the repairs"""

That could be the making of a good horror flim, or the bases of a new reality tv show.

Alone desperado duntz tire man wonders the country working in tire shops destroying peoples hubs, were will he show up next....are your children safe, is he coming to your town next....find him before he destroys another hub and win you can win a chance to win a free hotdog...LOL

Prop...Bun and realish sold seperatly....Prop
Prop

There is a alloy bracket (spacer) that was fitted to the 948 engine that brings the filter away from the block and angles it toward the gap between the H frame and the inner wing, where it is cut away for filter extraction. This bracket fits later 1275 engines as I have one on both of my cars viz 948 & 1275. It makes the filter more easily accessible and more readily extractable.
Alan Anstead

This thread was discussed between 06/06/2009 and 10/06/2009

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