Scimher Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 ...Resurrecting an old thread - having done a search, this thread mentions the 'correct non-return' oil filter. Having an old 1200 Herald convertible with the 'Dolly' 1300 engine under the bonnet, I'm just wondering what the technical experts would recommend? I've used Fram in the past & the one that is on now is a 'Wix', I think, which I've not heard good reports of......There has always been a 'death rattle' on start-up, with the oil light taking a few seconds to go out, from cold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimher Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 ...I have a 1200 Herald convertible with a 1300 'Dolly' engine in (according to the engine no.). I'm due to give her the annual oil/filter change. In the past I've been given Fram filters by the local motor factors but, last year, it was a Wix' - which I've read adverse reports on. With either of those the car has always exhibited the customary 'death rattle' on start-up with the oil-light taking several seconds to go out, from cold......Just wondering what filters the cognoscenti recommend - there is a type with a non-return valve, or summat, isn't there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I,ve got a Spit 1300 engined Herald,the Mann filter completely stopped the death rattle on startup.See here:Sorry , link no longer availableSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimher Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 ...Thanks, Steve, for the reply & link......'Mann' it is then as I've read the whole thread. Bit confused about which one with all this talk of adapters - the Dolly 1300 was always just a modern screw-on arrangement, I presume, so anyone know the ref.no?...(Sorry about the double post - I thought my original together with the old thread had disappeared, hence re-posted it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 The talk of adapters is because the standard thread for the spitfire screw on filter is an "rare" size, changing the screw part (fitting an "adapter") allows a much wider choice of filters with the same size body but different fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Yep, spit etc have a 5/8 thread. Not many filters with that thread, but IF you can get hold of an adapter that is 5/8 one end to 3/4 the other, there are bazillions of options, including the one mentioned above (OE was a ford diesel or something, not that it matters)The adapters are available in the US. I managed to get a friend to bring a dozen back a few years ago that were snapped up. Otherwise postage is horrible.Maybe we need to find somebody who is travelling from the US back here to get another batch.Wix 24037 is the baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 My cousin might be coming over in the summer from the US... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicmk1est Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 my brown 1300 is running on wix WL7213 oil filter and millers 20/50 classic oil,,no rattles or nasty noises,no probs on start up,runs 70psi cold and 30-40psi running temp...oil still clean`ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Jonny, get him (or is it her!) to collect 25 or something...they are small.They are dead cheap over therehttp://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=577646 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 What did you sell them for before Clive? Want to make sure it's worth while before I get him to order stuff.Last time he came over he brought me a load of 'Gas Monkey Garage' stuff as the overseas postage was eye watering. Annoyingly a week into his stay they announced that they would be opening an EU distribution centre to save on shipping costs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Ah, I did it for nowt. Just covered the cost of the adapters and postage when I sent them out. £4 each IIRC, but I got them via ebay which was a real faff as vendors listed 10 (or whatever) then emailed to say they only had 4 etc. Then dear old Bill bought them over, and I passed them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Oh, I just meant, what are people willing to pay for them, having no idea what these things would be sold for. I wouldn't want to buy them, get him to bring them over and find that I have no custom, and have a load of parts that no-one wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 They seemed to be largely snapped up, and even recently I had an enquiry. There is a market, I reckon a fiver a pop to cover grief/hassle/cost/postage is cheap enough. You may make enough to have a couple of beers out of it. But more importantly offer a useful service. In fact, you could probably ebay them for a tenner a pop (incl. p+p) as there are loads of filters being flogged for spitfires etc that say they need the adapter, but nowhere to buy them.Ideally, I would by 100 and play the long game..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimher Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 ...Sorry to butt in chaps but what would the 'Mann's' reference number be for a 1300 Dolomite engine filter? 'nicmk1est' has given the number of the Wix filter equivalent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicmk1est Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 mann filter W71314 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Quoted from cliftyhanger They seemed to be largely snapped up, and even recently I had an enquiry. There is a market, I reckon a fiver a pop to cover grief/hassle/cost/postage is cheap enough. You may make enough to have a couple of beers out of it. But more importantly offer a useful service. In fact, you could probably ebay them for a tenner a pop (incl. p+p) as there are loads of filters being flogged for spitfires etc that say they need the adapter, but nowhere to buy them.Ideally, I would by 100 and play the long game..... Hmm, weight could be an issues then, but another cousin is coming over from Canada during the summer, so 50 each... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimher Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Quoted from nicmk1est mann filter W71314 ...Brilliant! Cheers for that! Will track one down pronto as oil change getting imminent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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