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> Okay, I have tried three or four different oil filter wrenches none of > which has been any good for removing the larger of the two oil filters > on my ur-quattro. It is extremely difficult to get at. I am fed up > puncturing the filter with a screw driver and turning it with the > handle of the screwdriver (20 degrees at a time!). I am contemplating > buying the wrench advertised in the Automotion catalog; it looks like > a spring that wraps around the outside of the filter and tightens > around the filter to grip it, when you apply torque to the end of it. > Has anyone tried it, does it work? Hot engine oil running up my sleeve > has never been much fun. One of my favorite wrenches is the old standby - a cotton or nylon strap which goes thru a stout piece of hollow tubing. Wrap the strap around the filter, and keep turning until it moves. BUT this only works on filters which point down - or where you can get a straight shot at the filter which allows the handle/hollow tubing to clear. This type of wrench is CHEAP and generates the most turning force short of pounding a screwdriver thru the filter... Another choice: might try the end-cap type wrenches which go over the base of the filter. (Personally, I don't think they'd take much torque.) However, for most general uses, I prefer the old mechanic's wide metal band filter wrench - just push the handle over to generate friction. The better ones have wider metal bands, generating more force to twist instead of crushing the filter. Rotsa ruck. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Al Powell Voice: 409/845-2807 Ag Communications Fax: 409/862-1202 107 Reed McDonald Bldg. Email: a-powell1@tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-2112 W3 page - http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/rpe/alpage.htm "Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day." - Sam Goldwyn, movie mogul. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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