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Post by francis on Feb 1, 2010 5:41:35 GMT
Hi, I'm looking for an oil filter bowl in good shape. Mine is starting to collapse (on my daily driver) and so I will need a replacement soon.
This is for a 1993, but I'm guessing they are all the same.
Thank you very much,
Francis
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Post by Admin/Founder 2 on Feb 1, 2010 10:50:08 GMT
hi Francis the very same thing happened the the oil filter bowl on our Mini Auto Thankfully Minisniper came to our rescue with a lead on a used one However there may be a re-manufactured item in the pipeline If you can get a second hand one for the time being it will be worthwhile buying a spare when the remanufactred ones become available Ill keep you posted on the new ones In the meantime can anybody help Francis out with a spare usable Oil Filter Canister they may have lying around? Jodie
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Post by francis on Feb 4, 2010 15:41:28 GMT
Do you know how long this might take before the re-manufactured part comes out?
My dad works in a welding shop, we already looked into building a new one from a metal tube and a cap, however this would be very un-authentic and I'm not so sure of how it would stand in time.
Francis
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Post by Admin/Founder 2 on Feb 4, 2010 19:56:42 GMT
Not too sure Ill ask and see if i can get an idea of timescale for you It may be worth you trying to get hold of a second hand one in the meantime and get a new one when they are available just a thought but if you contact a motor factors in your area and ask them for detail of other vehicles that use the same filter element you may just be able to fit a canister from a different car that may be more commonplace that uses the same filter Just an idea
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Post by francis on Feb 5, 2010 23:12:59 GMT
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Post by Admin/Founder 2 on Feb 6, 2010 8:57:20 GMT
Just Checked that out the Turtle Trading one is I could be wrong but it looks suspiciously like its been Machined from Billet Its a work of Art Bit of a shame really as you would want a glass grille to display it ;D It works out at a whopping £99 or $170 Canadian dollars though if its for the whole assembly i can understand to a degree though i still think its a little to expensive Ill get back in touch with my source regarding re manufacture,i don't really want to give details as yet until he has prototypes at hand its not fair on him though ill make him aware of the demand for the canisters i do like turtle tradings approach though as from personal experience the end of the filter bowl its too fragile and clearly needs reinforcing such as they've done Huggz Jodie
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Post by mra-minis on Oct 21, 2010 8:39:25 GMT
Hi,
We still have these in stock.... :-)
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