Quick help.
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I have resorted to using high temp axle grease to lube the gasket and I have large Channel-Lock filter pliers. Before I started using grease it took a mighty effort even with the pliers to heft the filter off.
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C'mon Nolan! I did his last oil change! There's no way I didn't lube up that gasket surface.
Besides.....
Stewart
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Chris, thanks for that picture. I'm gonna replace my two strap wrenches with one like that!
Robin, no apology necessary. I know what you're trying to convery, and I really did second guess myself. Heck, I third and fourth guessed myself, but I know I didn't forget to put fresh oil on the gasket.
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Robin, no apology necessary. I know what you're trying to convery, and I really did second guess myself. Heck, I third and fourth guessed myself, but I know I didn't forget to put fresh oil on the gasket.
Stewart
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OH WAIT! Peter had time to call you but not me??? When i live close and could have come to help.... I see how you are Peter.... Its because he's tall right?
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It's because you're too sexy for your shirt, sexy man!
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Sorry it took so long. Today was a loooooooooong day for me. Just got home, snapped the pictures, and am now posting them.
The first two pictures are of the first filter strap wrench we used to try and remove the filter. The third picture is of my second filter strap wrench I used to try and remove the filter.
I got stubborn the second time and just kept at it. You can see the results.
I didn't know it was twisting like that. I thought the metal on the can was "giving".
The first wrench...
Same wrench...
This is the second wrench...
Stewart
The first two pictures are of the first filter strap wrench we used to try and remove the filter. The third picture is of my second filter strap wrench I used to try and remove the filter.
I got stubborn the second time and just kept at it. You can see the results.
I didn't know it was twisting like that. I thought the metal on the can was "giving".
The first wrench...
Same wrench...
This is the second wrench...
Stewart
