Mirrlees (Mirrlees Blackstone) was one of the UK’s most famous engine builders. To this day there are still hundreds of Mirrlees engines in operation all round the world. Some of the more common uses for the engine include marine propulsion and base load power generation amongst others. Mirrlees has a long and varied history and the company changed hands and names many times, it bought other companies, it was bought itself and all of this change sometime makes it difficult to source the exact filters you require. Let us help you identify the correct filter element for your Mirrlees engine.
For those of you interested in the history of Mirrlees please view below.
Let us help you find replacements fuel & lube oil filters for your Mirrlees engine. Simply provide us with whatever information you have on the fuel & lube oil filter elements you are currently using or the identification marking on the filter vessels and we will do the rest. It can be sometimes difficult to identify or source exactly what you are looking for due to the age of the engine but that’s where we come in. We specialise in providing filters for old mid speed diesel Engines amongst which Mirrlees is one of the most common.
Filters for Mirrlees & Mirrlees Blackstone Engines
Remember whilst Mirrlees made beautiful engines they never made filters. We can source replacement filter element for a multitude of different Mirrlees Engines. If you are looking for a fuel or a lube oil filter for a K major, an MB275 or other model of Mirrlees engine please contact our filter support group.
Filter 80635
This (filter element MB 80635) is one of the most common filters found on Mirrlees engines and is used for both fuel and lube oil filtration. We can provide you with replacement filters for this filter at a fraction of the cost of the OEM version.
A brief history of Mirrlees:
In 1840 An engineering partnership was founded in Glasgow to manufacture cane sugar processing machinery. This business was founded by three brothers and was called P. and W. McOnie.
In 1848 the partnership was dissolved and Peter McOnie joined with James Buchanan Mirrless to form McOnie and Mirrlees.
1852 When Peter McOnie died in 1851, Mr Mirrlees appointed William Tait as manager and the firm continued as McOnie and Mirrlees.
1858 when Mr Tait became a partner, the name of the firm then changed to Mirrlees and Tait.
1868 On the failing health of William Tait, a Mr Watson was taken into partnership and the title of the firm became Tait and Watson or Mirrlees, Tait, and Watson.
1870 William Tait died but the title of the firm remained unchanged until 1882.
1885 Mr. A. Robertson and J. C. Hudson, who had been for some time in the management of the business, were admitted as partners and the title of the firm changed to Mirrlees Watson Co.
1888 J. C. Hudson retired and Mr W. J. Mirrlees, eldest son of Mr J. B. Mirrlees, became a member of the firm.
1889 Incorporated as a limited company. Mirrlees, Watson, Yaryan and Co
1899 The Company was again reconstructed and became the Mirrlees Watson Co.
1900 Charles Day became manager and under his direction rapid progress was made with diesel engine manufacture.
1907 Public company.
1908 Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day
1908 The diesel engine business of the company at Glasgow increased so rapidly that a decision was reached to manufacture diesel engines at Hazel Grove, near Stockport in Cheshire. Charles Day, later Chairman of the Company, went to Cheshire to construct a factory which opened during October 1908 for the manufacture of diesel engines ranging in power from 50 BHP to 750 BHP. With the financial assistance of H. N. Bickerton of the National Gas Engine Co formed Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day.
WW2 Over four hundred engine types of varying powers were produced during the war years. Some of these engines provided power for radar, radio-location, airfield and various lighting systems for the Air Ministry. War Department requirements were met with engines for ordnance factories, War Department stores and mobile generating sets for emergency use at home and overseas. Mirrlees also supplied many engines for the propulsion of minesweepers, towing vessels and landing craft, as well as auxiliary generating sets for shipboard use. In addition, generating sets were supplied for many naval bases and fleet air arm stations.
1944 Associated British Engineering, owners of a large shareholding in Brush Group, acquired for cash the goodwill and assets of the diesel engine business of Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day. Mirrlees' Glasgow factory was to remain as part of the Mirrlees Co and would continue to operate as Mirrlees Watson Co, manufacturer of sugar machinery.
1949 Brush acquired Mirrlees Bickerton and Day Ltd
1957 Mirrlees National
1957 The Brush Group was acquired by Hawker Siddeley
1961 Mirrlees National was created from the amalgamation of Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day with the National Gas and Oil Engine Co.
1969 Mirrlees Blackstone
1969 On 1st June 1969, Mirrlees National and Blackstone and Co, another Hawker Siddeley diesel company, were merged and the company now traded under the name of Mirrlees Blackstone.