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Re: [ST] Triumph Oil Filter Alert.
- Subject: Re: [ST] Triumph Oil Filter Alert.
- From: Craig Tate <craigtt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 12:37:57 -0400
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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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