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Mar 10, 2004 | 06:11 AM

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ferbm

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Not that this adds any thing, but the filter kicked my *** for about 30 min. too. I have the 15 sided filter wrench and it just refused to work.. ..untill I wrapped the filter flutes with two passes of masking tape and a shop towel. I then tapped the filter wrench on.. ..not too hard! There are breakables all around. Even then, with good bite, I damn near ruptured my spleen getting that thing off! Felt good once it was done. I really like the spill diverter over the chassis too. Nice touch Ford.

Mar 10, 2004 | 08:12 AM

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RX 1 Liter

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From: Chautauqua County, NY

After fighting, swearing, blooding knuckles, and cutting my forearms on the fan blades that SOB came off. To help a little I removed the air intake shroud and that gave me a little more leverage.

Mar 10, 2004 | 11:35 AM

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fordguy61mi

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From: Saline, MI

The screwdriver trick does indeed usually work although it can be quite messy. I found a "ratcheting" type of filter wrench in a parts store that works really well, too.