Re: Magnets on Oil Filters

["Bill" <billfree@interlynx.net>]

Glen
If you can get hold of a J.C. Whitney catalog it has  a strap that mounts
on to the filter with magnets enclosed.It is called Magne Strap comes with
either 2 or 4 magnets, $9.95 or $14.95. Page 196 latest catalog
Bill Martin
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> From: Glen Powell <gpowell@acacianet.com>
> To: 'Duff, Ian' <iduff@charter.com>; 'Mitch Loescher'
<Loescher@tamu.edu>; 'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
> Subject: RE: Magnets on Oil Filters
> Date: August 14, 1996 4:53 PM
> 
> 
> A magnetic drain plug would be easier to install, might work better and
would be less expensive.
> Most of the q trannies have them from the factory, but will not fit the
oil pan drain plug hole.
> Would be pretty easy to attach a magnet to the OEM engine oil drain plug
if aftermarket ones are hard to find.....
> 
> -glen
> 
> What an excellent idea!
> How much of the magnetic field passes thru the (presumably) steel filter
> housing?
> Have you ever checked the old filter for particles?
> Can you supply more info on how to get the magnet you use?
> How do you keep the magnet on the filter (its own magnetism, or some
> external help)?