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| | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 161 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 161 | how is the spring attached that's on the inside of the lid of the FRAM oil filters? I'd like to take it off to make painting easier | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 99 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 99 | I restore quite a bit of these (over 30) and you can't remove them or at least shouldn't. Most of them are welded in place. If they weren't, it would be difficult for the spring to stay in the middle of the lid where it is supposed to be when the lid is tightened down. I always mask off the whole underside of the lid and spring anyway. I never want to chance paint chipping off and getting into the oil supply. The underside of the lid was never originally painted anyway. Wada | | | | | Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 899 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 899 | I agree with Wada. Every Fram filter I've seen has a spring that's not meant to be removed. Ones that are not welded are retained by bending a tab over the coil closest to the cover. This tab WILL break if you try to bend it. Mask it off and set it in an open tin can to paint it.... that's what I do. Good luck!
Ed
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 161 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 161 | thanks y'all. I would've broken it. I do that a lot. figured I'd ask this time. everybody be prepared for a gazillion questions!!! | | |
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