Where can I get one that actually fits? The biggest the parts store had a chain on it and didn't work well.

 

NAPA 15$ Canadian (probably about 8$ in the US)

 

I second NAPA, thats where I got mine.

 

Most of the mega-auto part stores carry them. I use a pair of channel locks, usually cuz there handy. BTW: I punch a hole in the filter first and let it drain at the same time as the oil pan. Keeps the mess managable . It seems I can always find the channel locks (hammer) and a screw driver, that darn filter wrench is playin hide and seek.

 

sorry, what are the chanel locks?

 

Channel Locks are pliers and Cuda must have a big pair. I have seen the big ones like that for sale at Lowe's and Home Depot. I really like the idea of poking a hole in the filter. I can't believe I haven't thought of that before now. I have been changing my PSD oil for 10 years and have run oil down my arm too many times to count. Guess I am showing my ignorance.

 

ooh, are thoes which you can wide or narrow the pliers sliding one part to another, and looks like a parrot, right?, my father call them "cotorras" in Spanish and I have some of differents sizes, ones really large, maybe like that of Cuda.

 

That's correct the parrot ones, they usually run around $20.00 - $25.00 around here.

 

If you go to a parts store for the big boys, like Freightliner, they have a filter wrench that is a piece of cloth strap on a 5/8" drive post. It's big enough to take off a semi's filter, yet because it's cloth, it can wrap around the post and get small enough for my SD, or even my daughter's Taurus. It doesn't slip and has crushed a filter yet.

 

RÖENTGEEP, is that a picture of your truck? Nice looking ride!! You can be proud of it.

 

Cotorras huh, I'm learning spanish .

Do you mean they make small cotorras, I gotta get me some of those. Sometime I need a smaller hammer too.

 

A friend of mine made one of these with a piece of seatbelt and a piece of square tubing that would fit a 1/2" drive ratchet.

Lanny

 

If you have a Harbor Freight, or a Homier near by, they are dirt cheap. You need a 4.25 jaw wrench and they are only about 8.00-10.00.

 

Ok, Here's the cheapest oil filter wrench in the shop. Get a piece of sand paper and wrap it around the filter, gritty side towards the filter, both hands will get it off. Never fails. Unless you're a little weak (hangover) ect.

 

Cuda, you never need a smaller hammer. If it won't fit, get the BFH. Then it will fit.