From: M. Thirtyseven (m37greenbeast@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 14 2005 - 17:50:22 PDT
Well list.. it has been done. My dad had a 47 Willys and a 55 he swore by
just that oil filter on these two.. a hold over from the depression I
guess.. all the years he had these never had a problem with any engine
issues. Of course the real cars he used the drop ins or spin offs per
directions. Worked fine.. but of course this was before sented charmin..
Also used an old cookie sheet with coal lit up under these on hideously cold
nites to keep things from freezing up.
Later,
DL
>From: Fred Martin <mung@in-touch.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] TOILET PAPER OIL FILTER
>Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:30:13 -0400
>
>I read somewhere that a fellow made up a stovepipe sized tube (to fit snug
>on toilet paper) with a bottom soldered/welded on and a lid and a shutoff
>valve near bottom. He filled the tube with toilet paper and then poured his
>used oil in the top. After it soaked thru all of this...it came out the
>valve at the bottom as clear as new oil. Don't know what all this would
>take out of the oil.....or even add to it...but these things would burn
>good in your shop stove after you tried it. Fred Martin
>
>JTravis wrote:
>
>>I do understand where that wood surcharge would apply, and considering how
>>much it adds to the $50, if it were me, I'd be using a commercially made
>>proper oil filter for it, too.
>>
>>Let's sum it up this way- toilet paper, to put it politely as possible, is
>>used for cleaning up crap. If your restored vehicle is not a piece
>>thereof, why would you want to use it instead of a proper filter?
>>
>>JTravis
>>
>>Thomas M McHugh wrote:
>>
>>>JT,
>>>
>>>I bought my In-A-Crate Jeep for $50. Then they added on the WOOD
>>>SURCHARGE & the Jeep cost me $6000. I guess you forgot the surcharge
>>>price.
>>>
>>>Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "JTravis" <dagobert@ix.netcom.com>
>>>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>>Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:03 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [MV] TOILET PAPER OIL FILTER
>>>
>>>
>>>>Why, Tom, don'tcya know- that's what you're supposed to use to filter
>>>>the oil in your brand-new-in-a-crate-for-fifty-dollars surplus Army
>>>>jeep!!!
>>>>(Sorry, y'all, I just couldn't resist that one!)
>>>>JTravis
>>>>
>>>>Thomas M McHugh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I would think it might be a way to make a OJT repair in an emergency.
>>>>>I would not do it in my M38A1, even though it would fit. A filter
>>>>>would be much cheaper than replacing the engine after it fails.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have never heard of such a homemade idea. That does not mean someone
>>>>>has not tried it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tom McHugh, NJ
>>>>>1952 M38A1
>>>>>M-416 Trailer
>>>>>
>>>>>VOTE NOW FOR MVPA DIRECTORS:
>>>>>Sven Johnson, Greg Wolanin, Al Nicholson, Jim Diaz
>>>>>MVPA, MTA, Red Ball
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: <bolton8@juno.com>
>>>>>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:20 PM
>>>>>Subject: [MV] TOILET PAPER OIL FILTER
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have been told that you can insert a complete roll of toilet paper
>>>>>>into a jeep's oil filter assembly in place of the standard oil filter
>>>>>>element. The cardboard roller allows the oil to pass thru while the
>>>>>>s*it paper removes impurities.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is this for real or a Motor Pool hoax? If it is real, just how
>>>>>>effective does it work, and in what mil-vehs would said unit work?
>>>>>>Seems for the price of one NOS oil filter you can get two dozen rolls
>>>>>>of
>>>>>>toilet paper.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>LANCE
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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