Some freakin' knuckle-dragging neanderthal......

YELLAHEEP

YELLAHEEP

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.......installed the oil filter on the '97. I couldn't get my usual oil filter tool over the end of it because it was a K&N filter with the stupid sheet metal "nut" on the end...... which promptly rounded off when I tried to remove the filter.........:mad:

I then drove a screwdriver through it and tried to turn it off that way.... that just tore a huge hole through the center of it........:mad: :mad:

I had to resort to sharpening the end of my prybar, then pound the sharpened edge into the lip of the filter, then lean the prybar to an angle in the direction of the turn and pound on it.... hard! :flamemad:

Fawker finally came off that way.

People: NEVER install an oil filter using a tool of any kind!!!! Hand tight is plenty! :rolleyes:

Then I tried to remove the goofy torx bolt that holds the filter adapter to the block so I could seal up that leak....... and promptly rounded the teeth off IN the bolt. Dunno how I'm gonna get that off now........ :gonnablow:


Knock on wood......... the rear main seal install has gone pretty painlessly. (Gotta love working under lifted rigs! Pan came right out!) Ran out of daylight so I painted the oil pan and got the gasket surfaces ready to go for tomorrow.
 
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YELLAHEEP said:
.......installed the oil filter on the '97. I couldn't get my usual oil filter tool over the end of it because it was a K&N filter with the stupid sheet metal "nut" on the end...... which promptly rounded off when I tried to remove the filter.........:mad:

I then drove a screwdriver through it and tried to turn it off that way.... that just tore a huge hole through the center of it........:mad: :mad:

I had to resort to sharpening the end of my prybar, then pound the sharpened edge into the lip of the filter, then lean the prybar to an angle in the direction of the turn and pound on it.... hard! :flamemad:
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All the seat belts you've sent to the crusher and you don't have a strap wrench???

My ex father-in-law made one for me. It had a 1/2" bolt welded in one end, a slot cut in the other. He made a loop of webbing, with the ends in the slot, pinched down by a through bolt.

To use it you put the loop over the filter and turn the bolt/pipe to wrap the webbing around the pipe. The more you turn, the tighter it wraps and grips the filter. I've crushed filters getting them off, but it was over in a minute. ;)

Sometimes I wish I still had that thing...
 
I tried a neighbor's rubber strap wrench, but the filter had too much oil on it for too long apparently - and there wasn't a whole lot of room to pry with it to get the strap tight - the strap just kept slipping.
 
Hey - I'm a knuckle-dragger, but I still know that you don't install an oil filter using a tool (nor do you install one with a dry gasket. I prefer grease over oil, it works better.)

I've been able to change oil in my rig with only a 9/16" wrench as a tool. Once I get my paws on a suitable drain valve, I'll be able to do tool-less oil changes...
 
I've got a pair of "big-azz" channel locks and they wouldn't fit. There ain't a lot of room up there - if the filter was screwed on directly to the block, it wouldn't have been a problem, but that damn 90 degree adaptor they put on in the later models is a PITA. Removing the charcoal canister might have bought me a bit more room......
 
There is an oil filter wrench that goes on a ratchet that I really like. You slip it over the end of the filter and as you apply force, the gears inside force the grippers into the filter. The harder you turn, the harder it grips. It has never failed to remove a filter. I actually think I got my last one at Autozone or Checker.
 
old_man said:
There is an oil filter wrench that goes on a ratchet that I really like. You slip it over the end of the filter and as you apply force, the gears inside force the grippers into the filter. The harder you turn, the harder it grips. It has never failed to remove a filter. I actually think I got my last one at Autozone or Checker.
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I'll have to look into that tool. Dunno if it'd worked on this filter as it had the nut on the end - it kept my usual filter socket from going on.

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I'll have to look into that tool. Dunno if it'd worked on this filter as it had the nut on the end - it kept my usual filter socket from going on.

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I have one of those filters on my motorcycle because it makes it easier to safety wire for track days. I don't use one on Daisy.
 
For the rounded torx bolt, I have a set of some sockets that fit over a rounded bolt head and cut into it as you turn counter clockwise. The name of them escapes me at the moment. They worked wonders for some stripped out allen-head caliper bolts on my mustang.
 
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