1936 -1957 Oil Filter Bracket For 61A Gen. & Voltage Reg. Applications - Harley Forum

VintageTwin · #1 08-10-2009, 03:28 PM

Eliminate the "relay" 32E (3-brush) generator on a rigid Knuckle or Pan. Run a 61A 6V generator (Cycle Electric® has a 1/4" screw mount model) and mount a reliable Voltage Regulator in the '58-64 frame spot ! - and still use the OEM style oil filter (by using the OEM style '58-64 filter-to-tank plumbing.)
All of that is possible by using a Vintage Twin #1936, external oil filter bracket. Looks identical to the original '58-64 bracket, but a different shape. Raw metal. You paint or plate.
contact me at kperry@vintagetwin.com/ (We have none left in stock at present.)
I'm asking amazon.com about selling them on line.
No returns, and made on a onesy-twosy basis, they won't be cheap until i find a jobber.
If you click on Vintage Twin (top left) and choose "public profile" from the drop-down menu, the oil filter and bracket are shown installed. The voltage regulator looks like it belongs there doesn't it? That's it's position on a '58-64, now tucked into a '55-57 frame.
This one bracket is the keystone to installing an OE style filter on your Knuck.
GM® makes the voltage regulators for V-Twin®.

lightning · #2 08-10-2009, 05:22 PM

Have you found a jobber yet I may be interested.

VintageTwin · #3 08-10-2009, 06:29 PM

Haven't found a jobber yet. Can you cad plate them? They have to be the exact shape of the one I made above. Any tilt to the flat tab will take the '58 filter to tank fittings out of alignment. Any thing that goes past Vintage Twin® has to go past Stett first, just because it's more fun.
Amazon.com is going to have a site for my (small) line of OHV parts and a clothing that will include some new stuff from Kick-Start M/C Parts® under a licensing agreement and some other quality licensed stuff from other mfgrs. that represent early OHV (We have you covered from waking to sleeping).

So, that's where it's headed at this point. I might ship the original to Ryder tomorrow. He's quick turnaround. Full machine shop in his garage. Bridgeport.
Being the first person to offer a solution to the production problem has been made note of. Thanks
I want a jobber to work from a proven copy (of Ryder's). I can't let go of the original. He'll make me a couple and I'll fit them on the '55-57 Pan as shown in my "profile".
The brackets have to fit, right out of the box onto someone's OEM or V-Twin® replica frame and they will. Maybe the pattern should be CNC? Starting to sound expensive.
How many's a minimum run?

Hi to Accurate in Dothan.