340 in a 1966 valiant, remote oil filter woes

pishta said

Are you using the Canton remote or just a bolt on adapter over the OEM plate? I bet the plate gasket is leaking. The plates can bend, they can bottom out without sealing or just be wasted on the gasket side. Take it out, look at it. See if the screw flange is inline with the outside edge. If not, tap it with a hammer so it is bowed out so when you tighten it, the edges hit first. Then of course use a new gasket and scrape the old crap out. I had 2 gaskets under mine as the old one was painted and I didnt even see it. finally got it to seal

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Moroso adapter, brand new gasket.

As for getting it out - After I've collected all the responses, I'll do something. But it's an enormous effort to remove. I have had to buy a 1 1/4" crows foot just to tighten the AN fittings onto the adapter with the header in place. The bolt that holds the adapter on is 1.5" or there abouts, and my 3/4" ratchet set has sockets big enough to fit it, but those don't obviously work with the lack of room I'm dealing with.

To remote the header to get at all this stuff requires removing the transmission and bellhousing. Then the header can come out through the BOTTOM, as the adapter prevents the header from coming out from the top.... Oh, and of course I have to drain tranny oil and coolant.

I am hoping at the end of this I get a holy grail of an answer :)