Installed a Canton brand billet aluminum remote filter bracket last nite and when I fired up the motor there was a steady flow of oil from between the gasket and the mounting bracket. This is my first time using a billet bracket and was puzzled why the filter mounting surface was simply flat and without machined groove or something to nest the rubber gasket. But looking at the block mounting for the spin on filter, it too is just flat, and I have no leaks there.

Any thoughts on what I should look for tonite when I resume working the problem. I prelubed the gasket with clean oil, spun on till contact, then a quarter turn to compress the gasket... how simple can it be?

Cheers... Brian

PS: I used the Canton 90 degree swivel adapter plate on the block and it's awesome for fine tuning the routing of the stainless braided lines.

Cylinder Index = 84

Current Experiment = `57 Tbird, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Is that adapter for a Ford oil filter?  O ring or gasket could be in a different location if for another application.  Got a part number for the adapter?

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Is this the one you used?

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tpc=Canton_Remote_Oil_Filter_Adapters_-_Universal_90%C2%B0_Rotating&form_prod_id=1062,1066_5688&action=product

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Bought from Summit, specified as for SBF... the adaptor that Bird55 linked above is what I have and works well... it's this item  http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CTR-22-625/   that I was WAS NOT able to get to seal with the actual filter... this should be a pretty universal item fitting any spin on filter with the matching nipple size/pitch, right?

Cheers... Brian

Cylinder Index = 84

Current Experiment = `57 Tbird, Grand Rapids, Michigan

I have seen on some adapters the threads bottom in the filter before the gasket is fully tight. Sometimes a different brand of filter where the threaded portion is slightly more recessed cured the problem.

1956 Fairlane Victoria (ORREO)

 

Overlooking Beautiful Rimrock AZ

Most of the filters I use say 3/4 turn after gasket contact.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ