I bought an original glass bowl fuel filter from Dirk via the Yahoo Groups Forum and the set about seeing how to fit it. I thought this would be an easy task as I assumed that all Dinos has a fuel filter and that is was positioned in the same place. I was wrong and it also transpires that, where fitted, there are two different types of filter in 2 different positions.

It seems as though there were 3 configurations:

1. No fuel filter
2. Fuel filter fitted to the fire wall, passenger side
3. Fuel filter fitted to the inner wing drivers side.

This seems to be the case irrespective of whether the car is a Spider or Coupé. Here are some period photos of engie bays demonstrating this:



2 litre Spider WITHOUT a fuel filter:

2 litre Spider with fuel filter on fire wall:

2 litre Coupé with fuel filter on fire wall:

2.4 litre coupé with fuel filter on inner wing:


Here are some other photos of engine bays I found on the internet which show the two different positions and types:


A Coupé with fuel filter on inner wing:

A Coupé with fuel filter on inner wing:

A Spider with fuel filter on fire wall:

A Spider with fuel filter on inner wing. Note the "drip tray" underneath the filter:

You can see my filter in the following picture and comparing it to the above pictures it is the fire wall type:



However my car should have a fuel filter fitted to the inner wing as there is the right space there and also the two bolts which should hold the drip-tray. I either fit the "wrong" filter in the right place (as some people do) or get a correct filter if possible (anyone got one for sale?).

For reference here is a picture of my engine bay where the fuel filter and drip tray should go:

and here is a picture of the mounting bracket for a fire-wall mounted filter: