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not sure what the story is now - peterd your post made me go look through the manuals and i found some things i'm unclear on. 1st, not sure about the direction of oil flow (from 'bolt' through filter or from canister through filter into 'bolt'). i don't see a diagram or description of flow...

harleyd315 - the problem with just using a hardware store spring is in its purpose. the spring is intended to compress when oil pressure is too high, bypassing the filter. as i understand it, the bypass is a safety mechanism to prevent the filter from essentially exploding under high pressure...

these have the refurb plate from letterkenny in early 03. no documentation beyond that. ours did not come with tools or ground rod - i don't think any of this group from Meade did. at least, all of the toolboxes were empty - i checked. i believe these were all handled the same way -...

thanks - i'll give 'em a call tomorrow and see if i can get it from them. thanks! ahm

Looking in my copy of the -12 manual, 'Change 8 4.36.1' (PDF page 150), figure 4-30 of the oil filter assembly, i am in need of parts 8 and 9 ('retainer' and 'spring' respectively). I just picked this up from Meade and it is essentially immaculate - all new wiring, fresh air filter, clean...