Quick help.
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Sandpaper works really well too. 100 or 120 grit folded in half so that the grit touches the filter and the strap wrench at the same time. It really bites into the filter and allows you really good traction on the filter can. Food for thought next time
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I just found out my wife has the camera in her Ex, and she works 24hr shifts, so pictures of what my strap wrenches look like won't be posted until tomorrow sometime.
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I am way too late for this suggetion but may come in handy in the future. Air Chisel on the rim of filter. Or use it to cut the filter off at filter mount ring and then use it on the mount ring holes to break it loose. If you don't have air tools then of course this suggestion is useless.
Next time lube the filter gasket. Not lubing it is the only thing that could cause the filter to seize on like that if a gorilla did not install it.
Next time lube the filter gasket. Not lubing it is the only thing that could cause the filter to seize on like that if a gorilla did not install it.
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Robin, I did lube it! I always do.
I even told Pete I lubed it when we were struggling to get it off. Pete even pre-filled it for me and he thinks he lubed it, but I know for sure I did because I also always lube the beveled inside edge, even though I know it's not necessary, but the "Monk" in me always makes me lube that part too.
We thought about the air tools, but not until very late into the process, and shortly after is when we got it off.
Stewart
I even told Pete I lubed it when we were struggling to get it off. Pete even pre-filled it for me and he thinks he lubed it, but I know for sure I did because I also always lube the beveled inside edge, even though I know it's not necessary, but the "Monk" in me always makes me lube that part too.
We thought about the air tools, but not until very late into the process, and shortly after is when we got it off.
Stewart
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Of course it's kind of a messy pain in the rear. That's why I went to NAPA and bought one of the monster filter wrenches after Dan posted about his. My normal filter wrench is on the left, the big one is on the right.
Plenty of surface area to grab the filter and prevent crushing, and using a short extension and 1/2" ratchet will give you plenty of leverage.
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Sorry Stewart. That "Next time lube the filter gasket" comment was uncalled for. I apologize.
I always lube the gasket as well but after reading what you guys went through I'm thinking anti-sieze compound next time I change the filter.
I always lube the gasket as well but after reading what you guys went through I'm thinking anti-sieze compound next time I change the filter.
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Sorry I wasn't more clear. That's kind of hard to describe unless you're looking at it, but as you discovered, this method will work as a last ditch effort.
Of course it's kind of a messy pain in the rear. That's why I went to NAPA and bought one of the monster filter wrenches after Dan posted about his. My normal filter wrench is on the left, the big one is on the right.
Plenty of surface area to grab the filter and prevent crushing, and using a short extension and 1/2" ratchet will give you plenty of leverage.
Of course it's kind of a messy pain in the rear. That's why I went to NAPA and bought one of the monster filter wrenches after Dan posted about his. My normal filter wrench is on the left, the big one is on the right.
Plenty of surface area to grab the filter and prevent crushing, and using a short extension and 1/2" ratchet will give you plenty of leverage.
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I feel like there are hundreds of us on this website that change our own oil and this is the first time i have ever herd of this happening... It makes me worry that it might be the loose nuts behind the wrenches...
