I have Fitted a Ford Falcon Filter (Valvoline No V03)

First of all you need to have a Spin On Type of filter housing.

Remove the housing and Make a Spacer out of 3mm Aluminum. Trace around a Gasket for the housing.

Trial Fitt and see where the filter hits the Subframe.

Remove the small portion from the subframe with a Grinder.

Refite housing and check if all ok.

Fit using 2 Gaskets and away you go with a larger Oil Filter for less then Half the Cost of a Mini one.

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A Bloody Mini

1970 Mini K, 1380cc, 1.75 HIF SU, 30 70 Cam, 2" Zorts
1969 Mini K, Stock Standard and Orginal. (Slow as Hell)

Late 70s VW Golf oil filter screws straight onto a Mini, it's the same diameter but longer..

excerpt from Todd Miller's AustinAmerica US site-
"Because of my experience with German cars, I have always used German filters. The filters made by Bosch, Mann and Mahle are of excellent quality. The ones that I use fit the VW gasoline engined Rabbit/Golf/Jetta/Scirocco/Fox/Quantum/Pickup, etc. from '75 on. The Bosch part number is 72150. This filter is about twice as long as the stock sized filter and just barely fits due to the location of the reverse light switch on the manual transmission cars. But, with a little finese it goes right on. When using these larger filters, remember to check your dipstick after the initial start-up because the filter holds more oil (about 1/2qt.)."

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I pay $5 for an oil filter, how much cheaper do you want them for?

Cheers

Aaron

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I was paying in excess of $15 for a filter. But i also like that fact that I can filter more oil and that I can use a complete 5L of oil now instead of 4.5 or so.

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A Bloody Mini

1970 Mini K, 1380cc, 1.75 HIF SU, 30 70 Cam, 2" Zorts
1969 Mini K, Stock Standard and Orginal. (Slow as Hell)

Doc, what brand / type of filter are you using?

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.

At the moment, I'm running Delphi or Coopers (Mini) ones from Karcraft- but when my stock runs out I'll go to Pep's or wherever and suss out these VW ones. They have approx twice the filter area of a Mini one I've heard.
No idea of cost.... yet.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Sorry it took so long to click onto this one,,,but i`ve been using the ford escort "Z62" type for years & years



fits straight up, no mods

easy-peasy

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I checked out the Golf ones (Valvoline V051) at SuperCrap yesterday but at $20 each, they can keep them.....

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Thats why I did the mod

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A Bloody Mini

1970 Mini K, 1380cc, 1.75 HIF SU, 30 70 Cam, 2" Zorts
1969 Mini K, Stock Standard and Orginal. (Slow as Hell)

the ryco z62 filters, are essentially the same as the now out of production z82 just longer, in most cases they fit perfectly, although for whatever reason i have seen one which did touch the subframe.

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