Hi all,

As some of you remember, I installed a 616 in my Land Rover about 6 years ago and since then have been building and selling adapter plates to mate the 616/617 engines to the Rover transmission. The size of the Benz oil filter housing has always been a problem that has been remedied in a number of different ways, none perfect.

To make it easy on everyone I’ve started to make an aluminum block that bolts in place of the original oil filter housing with ˝” pipe-thread ports so you can plumb in any type of remote oil filter, oilstat and oil cooler system you prefer. You could also add an oil-bypass filter in the system if you’d like. The block is made from 6061-T6 aluminum.

I made these blocks to address a problem with space when these engines are installed in a Land Rover, but thought some of you here may like the opportunity to install your own type of oil filtration/cooling system and replace the antiquated Benz filter and the housing that contains it. I know how interested some of you are in oil analysis and having the option of upgrading to a modern oil filtration system may sound like a good idea.

If anyone’s interested in one, drop me an email.

Jim
pbs@mohawk.net