Things I learned today

[dremu]

20w50 makes lousy hair gel. Not that I ordinarily use any (gel, that is.)

Working on your (stock height) towrig makes you wish you were working on your (lifted) wheeler. You don't need to jack the lifted truck up to get to the undersides.

When removing a stubborn oil filter, the right tool for the job is never EVER a screwdriver through the side and a hammer.

Just so's you all know. (I mean, jeebus, it took me less time to R&R a brake master and pressure bleed all four corners, twice, than it did to change the friggin oil. Grrrr.)

-- A

 

[GsxrMike]

LMAO! Been there...

 

[roadnotca]

20w50 makes lousy hair gel. Not that I ordinarily use any (gel, that is.)

Working on your (stock height) towrig makes you wish you were working on your (lifted) wheeler. You don't need to jack the lifted truck up to get to the undersides.

When removing a stubborn oil filter, the right tool for the job is never EVER a screwdriver through the side and a hammer.

-- A

Just get the BF channellocks from SEARS and bite that filter off.

 

[dremu]

The proper tool in this case was actually pretty close: an oil filter wrench I bought at Harbor Freight some time ago, 'cuz it was on 50% off sale and at four bucks, I might need it someday . It's adjustable for diameter a la channel locks, and has teeth to grab on. Which it eventually did, after I removed the tranny inspection cover and busted my knuckles on the headers a few times.

(I have a nice Lisle wrench, but it didn't have enough torque to pop this filter loose. The real pisser is that *I'm* the one that put this filter on, so I can't blame any one else.)

 

[roadnotca]

The good thing about the BF Channellocks is you can crush ***t up to about 6 inches, like lining-up a spring eye.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

These are similar to the pliers I have (though I don't remember them being that expensive). They get oil filters off very easily.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02820520000P?keyword=oil+filter

 

[mudboggink5]

When removing a stubborn oil filter, the right tool for the job is never EVER a screwdriver through the side and a hammer.


Ive been there before, and its not fun.

 

[dremu]

These are similar to the pliers I have (though I don't remember them being that expensive). They get oil filters off very easily.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02820520000P?keyword=oil+filter

Hey, that looks familiar!

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=36778

In a tight space, however, and when some redheaded monkey twisted that thing on GOOD, even these were a PITA ... but yeah, that was what it took.

-- A

 

[70jimmy]

Gonna have to get me some of those.

My Turd Exploder has the filter in a place where the normal metal strap with handle type wrench doesn't work very well.