Leather preservation and 2 litre oil filters

[Geoff Kingston]

Marcus,
If you look on the Rock Auto site they have a limited number of Fram CH814PL filters available or an alternative 51300 from Wix, this checks out as the correct alternative in the cross reference section of an 1983 Fram Master Catalog I have.
From the same source other alternatives listed are Bosch 1-457-429-101, Mopar 75061404, Motocraft USA FL125, Purolator CE176 , TJ FG2471, AC AC32A, Leyland 8G 683, Mercedes Benz 603.184.00.25, Multipart 162429, Technocar OP804 and good old Unipart GFE102.
Some of these names didn't mean anything to me and not all may be still trading but they might help.
Geoff.

[Marcus]

Thankyou for your reply Geoff and the painstaking listing of similar filters but in my lengthy dealings with probably the UK's largest supplier of oil filters, there has been much consolidation of manufacturers over the years that just about all of the filters you have listed have reduced to three or four brands but all of them only offer 'outside to centre' oil pathways, which is not correct for Bristols.
I have been using the 'Fram 814pl' ( now made by Fleetline ) and although it is of the correct dimensions, as is the Wix version but I was unaware that the flow path was wrong. I suspect the adaptor plate as mentioned in another post is the way to go.

Thank you for your help

M

[Marcus]

Thank you Peter for you reply and I suspect the adaptor plate to 'correct' the oil flow is the way to go which I will follow up and post the results of my search.


Failing that then a spin off type as you suggest will be the 'final solution' but I had wanted to retain the originality of my '400's engine bay but needs must!

Thanks again

M