remote oil filter fittings tapped right into the block UPDATE in post 58 and the whole idea got 86ed

allright, time to 86 this idea...here's a real tickler for you
I haven been going over and over this oil leak in my mind and I remembered something
about the same time the oil filter started leaking I did some maintenance, plugs, oil change, nothing too fancy
however, I remembered I had swapped to valve covers, because the oil filler cap was on the back side of the driverside valve cover
so, I swapped them over so the oil filler cap ended up on the front end of the passenger side cover

I used new gaskets when I did this, and during my efforts to eliminate the oil leak I replaced the oil filter gaskets at least once

so, figuring a hail mary, I decided to swap the valve cover gaskets back to their original position

this was on Friday

sure enough, my oil leak changed position and the oil filter has remained dry

my nex step will be new valve cover gaskets, but the whole remote oil filter set-up will be 86ed