Friday, Oct 26, 2007 at 10:53
G'day Phillip,
Mine is actually a different brand; AMSOIL dual bypass set-up. In fact it is disconnected at the moment due to a persistent oil leak, but that's another story!!! haha
With the AMSOIL unit (have a look at their website if you like, and you'll get a better understanding of what I'm rabbiting-on about)...... you get an adaptor fitting that screws onto the motor where the original filter used to "live". This adaptor is a aluminium casting and has 2 threaded ports which take a "from" and a "to" hose. These 2 hoses lead off to a remote-mounted head unit that contains 2 filters. One filter is a direct replacement for the one you did away with on the motor. The other filter is a BIG sucker....the actual bypass filter.
The oil goes into the remote housing and about 80% of the oil is directed to the smaller, standard filter. The other 20% of the oil goes through the BIG filter and filtered down to 1 micron.
The problem I've been having is getting a good quality seal on the fitting that takes the oil from the cast aluminium adaptor unit (on the motor). I've gotta try and find a perfect way to get a 1/2" hose on there without it weeping oil all the time. In the meantime I've taken the adaptor off and replaced it with a standard filter.
On the subject of the buzzer, I simply stripped a small amount of the insulation off the wire where it comes from the oil pressure switch (using a very sharp scalpel) and then soldered a length of wire to it. That wire goes to the buzzer and the other wire from the buzzer goes to an ignition source. If the red light comes on (including when you start the vehicle), so does the buzzer. As it can be a pain in the @rse to have the buzzer sounding every time you start the engine, I've also installed a momentary contact "OFF" switch. I can push this down while I start the engine and release it once I see the red oil light has gone out.
Cheers
Roachie
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