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Subject:Re: Oil Change Screwup - HELP!
From:Justin Mayrand
Date:Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:34:30 -0400

Hey All,

I would not bother, as this was the oil filter in the "olden" days.
The oil filter that is on there now will catch anything and then some
that the screen will. In fact, I may stop pulling mine in the
future.   ...JMM

Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"

On Jul 19, 2006, at 8:06 PM, David Johnson wrote:

> 2.  I have no oil screen.  The screen cover is there, with a stiff
> and brittle gasket (so I will replace that) but there is no oil
> screen.  Just empty space.  So, I will probably track a screen down,
> even though as you say, the filter will catch the gunk anyway.
> Anybody have any thoughts on that?