From: djslager@mail.icongrp.com
Date: Fri Oct 14 2005 - 07:27:18 PDT
The TP filter is a add on filter.. You still keep the regular filters in
> I do understand where that wood surcharge would apply, and considering
place.. You will not be changing them as often. You will be changing the TP
all the time... You can tell its time by the oil getting dirty...... HAVE TO
RUN .....tell you more latter...I have these FRANTZ...TP filters.. They are
something else.... Doug Slager
----- Original Message -----
From: "JTravis" <dagobert@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] TOILET PAPER OIL FILTER
> 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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