Toilet Paper Oil Filters

[mbstude]

Another comical video by Frank Ambrogio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIGkkpDd8NI

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, GA

[DEEPNHOCK]

Man-o-man...
I was totally wiped after watching that movie[:0]
Jeff[8D]

quote:Originally posted by mbstude

Another comical video by Frank Ambrogio:

http://community.webshots.com/user/deepnhock

[studeclunker]

Oh really, Jeff![:0][:I] For Heaven's sake![}][)]

I used to have one of those on my Caddie. In fact, I still have the filter, but not the Caddie.


Home of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[StudeRich]

Wow! Frank has come a long way from informative Stude. videos to dumb joke videos! [:0]
His acquaintance forgot to tell him the most most important thing!
You don't put the tissue paper in a regular oil filter...Duh, Dooh!

[Johnnywiffer]

My uncle had a new '51 F*rd with just such an oil filter. It was not a regular set-up but a special one. He said it worked just like a regular filter, just as long as a regular filter (1000 miles). The unit set on top of the engine with, as I recall, some pipe going down to the exhaust manifold. This supposedly allowed any moisture to boil off during driving.

As I recall, when you installed the roll, it set on top of a "raiser-upper", so when you were ready to change it, you just pulled a handle in the center and the whole messy thing came out. I watched him change the roll. He put a pan under it to catch the oil and just threw it along the fence in the barnyard (He was not an environmentalist!) Then he took a few squares off the roll so it would fit, bolted the top back on and was done.

My opinion at the time, it was not a good idea (but what did a 16 year-old know?) he said he'd had it for many thousand miles and it worked just fine for him. Quien sabe?

Update: My garsh, Olive, look at this! http://www.frantzoil.com/TOILETPAPER.html

John

[rusty nut garage]

You did ok, most are going for double that on ebay

quote:Originally posted by Studedude

quote:Originally posted by Johnnywiffer
Update: My garsh, Olive, look at this! http://www.frantzoil.com/TOILETPAPER.html

Well, ain't that something! I had no idea these were still on the market!

I purchased this one a few years ago out of a fellow's attic, thinking I had found something rare and obsolete:



At least I got a bargain... IIRC, I paid $20 for it.


DAVE, THE EVIL TWIN FROM OKLAHOMA

Russ Shop Foreman "Rusty Nut Garage"
53 2R6 289 5SpdOD (driver)
57 SH (project)
60 Lark VIII 2dr sd (driver)

[showbizkid]

I caon't even imagine how that Frantz Co. makes a living...


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Clark in San Diego
'63 F2/Lark Standard

http://studeblogger.blogspot.com

https://www.studebakersandiego.com

[Lenny R2]

When i bought my 62 Champ last year i had that toilet paper
filter on it.I took it off & have the cartrige type on it
now.I dont think the the toilet paper they make now would
hold up.

Lenny
Atlanta Ga.

[Bob Bryant]

In the early 70's there was a teacher in the local system that sold and installed the toilet tissue filters for extra income.

[Clem64]

Had a buddy whose dad put one of those TP filters on a brand new 65' F-250 w/ a 352FE V8 engine as soon as he brought it home fom the dealer. It was just astounding how clean the oil stayed. Even after thousands of miles and several years the oil continued to look fresh. I don't remember how often he changed the TP roll and oil though? I think it was once a year? I was changing vehicles too much in those days to go that route myself.

Dean Croft
Roseburg,OR

CLEM DESEE

[S2DSteve]

The pitch back then (in the 60's anyway) was that you never had to change your oil. The distributor I talked to bragged that he got the filter after bashing his oil pan on a rock so the plug couldn't be removed-he added the TP filter and never drained the oil again. I think they do keep the oil "clean", but I'd worry about things like acid buildup and viscosity stability.


Steve Hudson
The Dalles, Oregon
1949 "GMOBaker" 1-T Dually (workhorse)
1953 Commander Convertible (show & go)
1953 Champion Starliner (custom/rod project)
1954 Champion Coupe (daily driver)
1960 Hawk (future project?)