"Newshound" wrote in message
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On 22/12/2011 17:45, D. Dalton wrote:
The Medway wrote in
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On 22/12/2011 16:55, D. Dalton wrote:
I was all set to change my car's oil filter today when I discovered
that my filter wrench is not big enough. I live in a remote spot, so
what I'd normally do is order one by mail. Trouble is, due to
Cristmas I probably wouldn't get it until next Tuesday at the
earliest.

So I started thinking... If some oil filter removers consist of
nothing more than a nylon belt and a cylinder of metal that a socket
spanner fits into, maybe there is way of making one without too much
aggro.

Has anyone done this successfully? Care to share your method? I'm
already well equipped with with nylon luggage straps, long socket
spanners and Araldite. That's probably all I need to plagiarize the
old strap and socket design, isn't it?

DD

The method used when I were a lad was to hammer a screwdriver through
the old filter& use that to unscrew it.


Unfortunately, there isn't sufficient room to try that option.

JD

I have a "ready made" one, essentially it is a bit of round bar about an
inch diameter and three inches long, with a female half inch square socket
at one end. At the other end there's a slit in which the two ends of a
loop of nylon webbing are jammed. There's a hole in the bar perpendicular
to the slot, going through the middle of the webbing, with a pin through
it. If I were making one I would probably start from an old socket,
perhaps a spark plug socket, or just an extension bar, cutting the slit
with an angle grinder (of course). Rather than pin I would probably take
the ends of the strap back round the bar and stitch them crudely to the
loop, if you see what I mean. Araldite isn't the right glue.

If he has not got the room to bash a screwdriver into the filter ...