18-02-2019, 05:42 PM
Not for a pressure fed engine but so I could fit an oil filter but I did more or less what Chris said. A plug inserted from the rear about 1.5" long. It was a tight fit but I also used a screw through from the side to hold it.
I mounted the filter on a bracket hung off two of the head studs. And I used hard cupro-nickel lines to connect it, one coming up from the oil gauge hole (over bored and tapped as Chris mentions) up to the filter then another going down on an angle and looping around the dynamo to re-enter the front of the engine. I was going to use the front side hole to provide a take off to the oil gauge but there is no room for a fitting as the radiator hose is in the way. I ended up using a blanking plug there and making a T fitting in the top of the inlet pipe to the filter and taking the oil gauge line from there.
My original thought was mounting the filter to the firewall but then you need to allow for movement between the engine and the body either by using rubber hoses or having vibration loops in the hard lines. With it mounted on the engine you can remove the engine without having to undo all the oil lines.
Simon
I mounted the filter on a bracket hung off two of the head studs. And I used hard cupro-nickel lines to connect it, one coming up from the oil gauge hole (over bored and tapped as Chris mentions) up to the filter then another going down on an angle and looping around the dynamo to re-enter the front of the engine. I was going to use the front side hole to provide a take off to the oil gauge but there is no room for a fitting as the radiator hose is in the way. I ended up using a blanking plug there and making a T fitting in the top of the inlet pipe to the filter and taking the oil gauge line from there.
My original thought was mounting the filter to the firewall but then you need to allow for movement between the engine and the body either by using rubber hoses or having vibration loops in the hard lines. With it mounted on the engine you can remove the engine without having to undo all the oil lines.
Simon