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Old 06-19-2010, 11:30 PM
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When i took off my oil filter to change the filter housing o-ring a pin feel out of the motor. Here is a pic of it i have no idea what it is or how to fix it.
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It is the locator pin for the oil filter adaptor, if you can not see where it goes get a small mirror and a flash light and angle it around the filter housing and you will see a 1/8 hole in the flange surface for the adaptor to lock into
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woah! I bet that was scary.
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I got the filter housing off and found where the other half the pin is in the block and i cant get it out of the block. Any suggestions on how to get it out?
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Why two different threads for this?
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