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#4863 01/08/2005 5:10 AM
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Years ago I heard that you could put a roll of toilet paper in the filter canister. I spoke to a Chevy service manager at a local dealer and he confirmed this. Since the oil just drains OVER the filter and not through it, using a roll of toilet paper works as good as buying an expensive wix filter, and maybe a bit better. At first I was concerned that the toilet paper would fall apart and clog my oil passages but that has not been the case. The roll stays perfectly in tact. So far so good. lol.....


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#4864 01/08/2005 5:55 AM
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Tab - it's called a Franz Filter and yes they work - they\'re even being manufactured again! - look at the 3rd question on the list grin

Bill


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"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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#4865 01/08/2005 7:07 AM
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Hmmm, I've got T.P. in my truck but, it's just for emergencies. Like when you get a hold of a bad carne asada burrito!
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#4866 01/08/2005 1:02 PM
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Got a Franz TP filter at one of my 235 since years with good results. The oil stays honey color.

I don“t think that you can use a tp roll in a usual filter canister. They have to be made for that.

My franz has a special roll holder (lol) and a screen to keep paper from getting sucket into the engine.

When I bought the 1959 235 the (first) oner said it has the filter since the first day. I noticed almost no wear when I opened the bearings.

Frank

#4867 01/08/2005 7:18 PM
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That's all I need is the roll holder. Where do I get one for my 235?


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#4868 01/08/2005 8:29 PM
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I got several,contact me.


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#4869 01/08/2005 11:24 PM
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I have a similar rendition on my air compressor outlet line being used as a drier/filter. Works very well.

#4870 01/09/2005 9:07 AM
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I never read the "rules"
sorry,I am a newbie. grin


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#4871 01/09/2005 3:27 PM
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ViejitosCC -- Welcome to the Stovebolt Page and thanks for helping out another stovebolter. Your post was fine and met the "Reasonable Man" test. Now do me a favor and read the rules. Thanks.

MT -- You have no excuse. You know the rules because I've explained them, to you every other time you violated them. So don't push your luck or my patience. You are only allowed back on this site in a probationary status (You're welcome, by the way) and I do not appreciate my good nature and the effort we've put into creating this FREE website (with a seperate area for FREE CLASSIFIEDS) being willfully trashed. You want to be disrespectful and insulting? Go elsewhere.

I REALLY am tired of explaining this to you.

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