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Originally Posted by Sid
Also I think the adapter has a top.
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I think what he means there, is that the adaptor should be installed so that the little oval shaped hole is aimed toward the top, but if it were installed with that hole turned in a different direction, it will not cause a leak.
As I recall, the adaptor plate on my Y-block was made of pretty thick metal. My guess is that the new adaptors you can buy from the resto parts suppliers these days are probably much thinner metal and need to be dealt with carefully.
Additionally, I do not use an oil filter wrench to tighten the spin-on filter on mine. Just hand tighten. Coat the gasket on the back of the filter with oil before screwing on to the fitting. Mine does not leak a drop with hand tightening only. Just throwing that out there in case tightening the filter too much might be distorting the adaptor plate.