Re: [ST] Triumph Oil Filter Alert.

[Craig Tate <craigtt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Thanks for the heads-up Al.  My brand loyalty is wearing thin.  I think 
I'll switch to K&N (part no. KN-191).

Craig

At 08:42 AM 5/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:

>Yesterday I went to my local Triumph dealer to get a jug of Mobile 1 and a 
>new filter. The counter guy says "Guess What"  the filter diameter has 
>changed. If you want to buy a new wrench they are $29.00.   I guess 
>Triumph has a new oil filter supplier. It is Toyo Roki Mfg.co.ltd of 
>Japan. The new filter is 64 mm across the flats where the wrench goes. The 
>old filter was 68 mm across the flats. The old filter used a style "G" 
>wrench and it just slips around when you apply it to the new filter. So 
>off I went to my local auto parts store this morning to pick up a new 
>wrench and they did not have one that fit like the style "G" wrench but  I 
>bought a Lisle Import car filter wrench Model 63600 which is expandable 
>from 63.5 mm to 79.4mm and it cost me $15.00 out the door. As I was 
>driving home an idea occured to me to use my existing style "G" wrench 
>(which I had paid $4.00 for and Triumph wanted $19.00 when I bought it a 
>couple of years ago). I took the official Triumph box that the filter came 
>in and cut it open so that when I layed it flat I could cut a couple 
>of  strips out of it that were 1" wide by 8" long. I took these two 
>strips, layed them on top of one another and layed them inside of the 
>style "G" filter wrench and then stuck the new filter into it and low and 
>behold it was enough to make it a tight fit. So I think I'll take my 
>$15.00 new wrench back.
>Al Garvin
>San Martin, Cal.
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