jon ken ben

That's the one i picked up today. Thanks again for your help with pointing out the guy in Auckland. Without your effort I'd be looking at spending a small fortune to be able to change the oil.

Ryco z418 looks like it will work. That going off matching the diameter of the filter that's on the car right now.

I figure I'll offer it up first and see if anything needs fitting. He sent me a z386 ryco. Looks a bit small to me. The z481 is now a fuel filter according to the ryco website. Ryco are ok. What i was planning was to remove the filter on the car, measure the sealing face diameter on the car, then take a trip to repco and get them to look through their books to make sure everything lines up. They have a pretty good selection of filters.

So this is what I received today. Looks ok to me. As stated earlier, it was NZD$30 incl filter (wrong filter). He must have made more than one of these adaptors as he has one listed on Trademe (NZ ebay type thing) for NZD $60 incl filter. 8% inflation my ass. Now I just need to decide on which filter......

Thanks again Peter. He got back to me really quickly and is making one. Got the adapter and a filter for NZD$30 which is pretty good in my mind. I'll keep his contacts if anyone else needs one, or more.

Peter. That's def him. Managed to find the old listing of the adaptor. I've sent a him message. Thanks again

I just looked them up. They only have one listing and it's not for the adaptor. I will try to contact them. Thanks again.

That would be awesome Clive. I'm pretty much at the stage of not being able to do an oil and filter change as finding a 5/8 filter is really hard. Having the adaptor opens up all sorts of filters

Wix 24037. That's the one. They have it on the wix site as discontinued.

Thanks Peter. It would be the best solution to find one in Auckland. Clive, not sure there are 10 people left without one of these adaptors. Getting one made might be the way forward if one can't be sourced. If i had a lathe, can't be that hard to make......

Hi all. I'm trying to find a 5/8 to 3/4 oil filter adaptor for a 1296 triumph spitfire engine. Filters with 5/8 thread are harder to find than hens teeth. The adaptor can be found on eBay or from the likes of spitbits. The problem is that the part is inexpensive(ish) but the postage to New Zealand is extreme. One place even wanted USD$151 to send the small part to NZ. Anyone have any ideas on how to source one of these on this side of the world? Thanks in advance. Jonno