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Gary Lewis

How To Remove A Reluctant Oil Filter

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I saw this on FB and thought it was worth sharing. We apparently don't have a Tips & Tricks folder, so here 'tis in the main section:

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

ArdWrknTrk

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Gary Lewis wrote

We apparently don't have a Tips & Tricks folder, so here 'tis in the main section:

We don't???

What can we do about that?

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

ArdWrknTrk

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Stab it with a screwdriver, use my pair of bow jawed Vise-Grips, or a strap wrench with plumbers roll emery under it?

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

Re: How To Remove A Reluctant Oil Filter

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We can easily have a Tips & Tricks folder. But I question the need for such. (You take one side of the discussion and I'll take the other.) Yes, you'd know where to look if you wanted to scroll through looking for a topic. But why scroll when we have a search function that will find things in any folder?

As for stabbing the filter with a screwdriver, been there, done that, got the oil all over me to prove it. And I have strap wrenches which can usually remove a filter. In fact, I have a strap wrench specifically for removing filters. But I'd never seen anyone use a chain so thought y'all would be interested.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

ArdWrknTrk

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We already have an entire Tips & Techniques sub folder in the garage, shop and tools section......

If I need to make another catagory for oil filters I will!

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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My bad.

Wanna move this?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

ArdWrknTrk

Re: How To Remove A Reluctant Oil Filter

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No.

I like it right where it is!

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Angelo Voltura

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I used a GearWrench 3 prong claw that adjusts with gears as you turn the ratchet, other than with years of use the teeth wear out they never let me down, I've had to put a large half inch ratchet on some before.

1978 F150 351W
1979 F150 "410M"
1979 F100 302
1979 F250 400
1987 F150 300
1990 F150 302
1991 F150 300
1995 F150 (1985 clip swapped) 300
1997 F250 351W

grumpin

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That’s great!

I never seem to have that much room!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Nothing Special

Re: How To Remove A Reluctant Oil Filter

When I bought my '75 CJ5 I went to change the oil filter and found the motor mount was embedded in the side of it. I used a screwdriver and between the motor mount acting like a can opener and the holes the screwdriver was putting in it had pretty well removed the end of the filter before I got it off. Of course by that time it had no oil in it, but it was still the heaviest oil filter I've ever handled. I'm thinking the PO had avoided that job for a long time

On the AMC 258 six the oil filter is on the passenger side, directly above the motor mount. Years of oil running down onto the rubber mount every time the filter was changed had softened the rubber significantly, allowing the engine to settle to the point where the oil filter was pressed against the mount. I replaced the motor mount and put a remote-mount filter on it to get the oil spills away from the motor mount.

On the chain trick, I haven't seen that. But I have seen and used chain Vice-Grips which do pretty much the same thing. But this is a clever way to do the same thing, probably in less space and with the tools at hand.

Bob
Sorry, no '80 - '86 Ford trucks
"Oswald": 1997 F-250HD crew cab short box, 460, E4OD, 4.10 gears
"Pluto": 1971 Bronco, 302, NV3550 5 speed, Atlas 4.3:1 transfer case, 33" tires
"the motorhome": 2015 E-450-based 28' class C motorhome, 6.8L V-10
"the Dodge": 2007 Dodge 2500, 6.7L Cummins

1986F150Six

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Gary Lewis wrote

As for stabbing the filter with a screwdriver, been there, done that, got the oil all over me to prove it. And I have strap wrenches which can usually remove a filter. In fact, I have a strap wrench specifically for removing filters. But I'd never seen anyone use a chain so thought y'all would be interested.

And, once the filter has been "stabbed", one is totally committed to getting the filter off, if they want to drive, again!