So I have one in the Werke shope that is a bad leak'er.
74 2.0L street car.
Front mount cooler with the ubiquitous Mocal sandwich adapter which seems to
be a significant (but not the entire) culprit.
One of the issues that is probably contributing to the problem is the clearance of the oil filter.
Due to the depth of the adapter the oil filter is low enough that the engine cross bar impacts the Oil filter.
There is just enough clearance, but given the eng. bar is rubber mounted its without a doubt vibrating on the filter body.
Anyone else deal with this & what was the solution.
I checked the rubber mounts & they are in good shape.
Different filter brand? Space out the Motor mounts off the case?

Thanks

Plenty of clearance on mine. I think the Mobil 1 oil filter may be a little shorter.

Two things. One I have seen.
The adapter has an o-ring. Go make sure it’s seated correctly.
For the filter, either another shorter filter, or a die grinder to remove a hair off the bar till it stops touching.

A remote filter is pretty easy to do if you get inspired.

My solutition for the sandwich adaptor Click to view attachment

I think it's the 944 filter that is shorter and will fit just fine

Napa Gold #1374 is what I've been using for years. It's made by Wix so good quality. There's a thread on Pelican about it.

I think so too

Just my opinion; I've seen wix filters clog up, bypass fail, and even saw one that actually exploded. Mahle, or Mann is all I will use.

Nothing a hammer and a few well-placed hits on the filter could'nt fix...

I hope you are not serious.

Great thanks for the replies.
Ill probably address it with more than one approach:
* A little clearance on the bar isn't going to hurt anything
* alternate filter

One more Q: I am replacing the seal on the SP1T and notice there is no O-ring or seal on the sleeve adapter. Is there supposed to be one?

Click to view attachment if that doesn’t work I’ve got a bigger hammer!Click to view attachment

I was under the car today checking things out for RTE 66 and took an additional pic of my sandwich adapter/oil filter clearance. It looks to be about 1/8th of an inch from the engine mount bar.