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

"D. Dalton" wrote in message
...
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?


Is the filter the type that is a sealed throwaway one that just screws into
A housing? If so simply hammer an old screwdriver into the side and use that
as a lever to unscrew it.

Peter Crosland

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.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

The Medway Handyman wrote in
:

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

On Dec 22, 5:45*pm, "D. Dalton" wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote :









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

Must be a classic French non-design. If you have good end access,
try hammering on a food can to which you can then apply torque.
Removing the wing, bonnet and sub-chassis is not too hard once you get
the practice in.

D. Dalton wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote in
:

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

Try and old fan belt/timing bely or similar strap. Simply loop this around
the filter and grip the loose ends tightly using a *good* quality pair of
Molegrips - if the strap slips, bung a bit of 50 or 60 Wet & Dry between the
belt a and filter (rough size obviously down on the filter_.

Another way is an old bicycle chain looped over the filter and slippef
through a short hollow tube, pulled tight and a suitably sized screwdriver
(or masonary nail) slipped through the chain links at the end of the tube.

The beauty of these methods is that at least one will fit a confined working
area.

Wrap an end of a luggage strap round it and grip with pliers or better
mole grips. Turning the pliers should tighten the strap and remove the
filter.

But if you can get your hands in, wearing rubber gloves after giving it a
good clean to remove any oil should do it - they're not usually very tight.

--
*Could it be that "I do " is the longest sentence? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 22/12/2011 17:45, D. Dalton wrote:
The Medway wrote in
:

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.

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.

well that buggers up what i was about to put, one of the first things i
learnt off me dad was how to get an oil filter off with the use of an old
screwdriver and a hammer,

obviousely back then engine bays were a lot less crowded,

when i got my first van to convert into a motorhome i bought one of those 3
legged oil filter tools, the legs close in, grip then spin the filter as you
rotate the ratchet you attatch to it, used it once, to get the OEM VW filter
off, i used aftermarket filters, mostly fram brand, and they came with
either a 19mm hexagon for a socket formed in the filters case or a allen key
type socket spot welded on the bottom of the filters,

only time the 3 legged filter remover was tried since was when i lent it to
someone to use on his car, and it didnt close down anywhere near enough to
work, as the tool was for the 7 or 8 inch dia. filters i was used to on me
vans.

"Newshound" wrote in message
...
On 22/12/2011 17:45, D. Dalton wrote:
The Medway wrote in
:

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 ...

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:32:46 -0000, Mr Pounder
wrote:


"Newshound" wrote in message
...
On 22/12/2011 17:45, D. Dalton wrote:
The Medway wrote in
:

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 ...


Always used to be the way but not sure the thread would be engineered to
take too much nowadays

On Dec 22, 5:39*pm, "Peter Crosland" wrote:
"D. Dalton" wrote in message

...

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?

Is the filter the type that is a sealed throwaway one that just screws into
A housing? If so simply hammer an old screwdriver into the side and use that
as a lever to unscrew it.

Peter Crosland

Works great until you are up against a really stubborn filter when it
shreds the filter case and leaves the filter top and a load of jagged
metal in place.

It's a very messy method too, don't do it unless you want oil stains
on your drive.

I've got one of these and it makes removing even the most stubborn
filters easy:
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf...-filter-wrench

Philip

"Hugh - Was Invisible" wrote in message
newsp.v6wouey5gtk8fg@admin-pc...
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:32:46 -0000, Mr Pounder
wrote:


"Newshound" wrote in message
...
On 22/12/2011 17:45, D. Dalton wrote:
The Medway wrote in
:

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 ...


Always used to be the way but not sure the thread would be engineered to
take too much nowadays

A sharp screwdriver ...

wrote in message
...
On Dec 22, 5:39 pm, "Peter Crosland" wrote:
"D. Dalton" wrote in message

...

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?

Is the filter the type that is a sealed throwaway one that just screws
into
A housing? If so simply hammer an old screwdriver into the side and use
that
as a lever to unscrew it.

Peter Crosland

Works great until you are up against a really stubborn filter when it
shreds the filter case and leaves the filter top and a load of jagged
metal in place.

It's a very messy method too, don't do it unless you want oil stains
on your drive.

I've got one of these and it makes removing even the most stubborn
filters easy:
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf...-filter-wrench

Philip
================================================== =============
If the OP has not got the room to belt a screwdriver into the can he will
not have the room to get one of those in.

wrote:
On Dec 22, 5:39 pm, "Peter Crosland" wrote:
"D. Dalton" wrote in message

...

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?
Is the filter the type that is a sealed throwaway one that just screws into
A housing? If so simply hammer an old screwdriver into the side and use that
as a lever to unscrew it.

Peter Crosland

Works great until you are up against a really stubborn filter when it
shreds the filter case and leaves the filter top and a load of jagged
metal in place.

It's a very messy method too, don't do it unless you want oil stains
on your drive.

I've got one of these and it makes removing even the most stubborn
filters easy:
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf...-filter-wrench

Philip
BTDTGTTS

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:52:46 -0800 (PST), wrote:

[Screwdriver hammered through filter]

It's a very messy method too, ...

Agreed but an old washing up bowl underneath will catch most of the
spilt oil.

... don't do it unless you want oil stains on your drive.

Brush in plenty of neat washing up liquid and let the rain do the
rest.

With a rachet set, extension bar and strapping I think you could
fashion a strap wrench. Length of strapping long enough to go around
the filter and 1 1/2 times around the extension bar. Fold the
strapping in half and wrap around the extension bar, pass the loop
around the filter. What you have to do is make sure that the
direction of rotation of the rachet to apply unsrewing torque to the
filter tightens the strapping onto the extension bar and tries to
make the loop around the filter smaller. With a smooth polished
extension bar it may slip bit of gaffer tape around the bar and/or
filter should stop that.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Dec 22, 7:52*pm, " wrote:
On Dec 22, 5:39*pm, "Peter Crosland" wrote:









"D. Dalton" wrote in message

...

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?

Is the filter the type that is a sealed throwaway one that just screws into
A housing? If so simply hammer an old screwdriver into the side and use that
as a lever to unscrew it.

Peter Crosland

Works great until you are up against a really stubborn filter when it
shreds the filter case and leaves the filter top and a load of jagged
metal in place.

It's a very messy method too, don't do it unless you want oil stains
on your drive.

I've got one of these and it makes removing even the most stubborn
filters easy:http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf...ley-oil-filter...

Philip

Got that too from Lidl for £2, works a treat. Clamps securely, big
enough to ease removal, but not so big that it gets in the way.

On 22/12/2011 22:13, thirty-six wrote:
On Dec 22, 7:52 pm, wrote:
On Dec 22, 5:39 pm, "Peter wrote:









"D. wrote in message

...

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?

Is the filter the type that is a sealed throwaway one that just screws into
A housing? If so simply hammer an old screwdriver into the side and use that
as a lever to unscrew it.

Peter Crosland

Works great until you are up against a really stubborn filter when it
shreds the filter case and leaves the filter top and a load of jagged
metal in place.

It's a very messy method too, don't do it unless you want oil stains
on your drive.

I've got one of these and it makes removing even the most stubborn
filters easy:http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf...ley-oil-filter...

Philip

Got that too from Lidl for £2, works a treat. Clamps securely, big
enough to ease removal, but not so big that it gets in the way.


What about removable plastic oil filter covers?

My VW Golf MK IV 2002 has a removable plastic oil filter cover that is
almost round, well 12 sided.

How do I remove this plastic oil filter cover *without* damaging it or
*paying a VW dealer* so that I can replace the oil filter element? I
have to be able to reuse this oil filter cover.

The oil filter element does not look much different to an air filter
element incidentally.

(This is on a PD (Pumpe Dusse) engine, if I recall correctly engine code
is ATD.).

Regards,

Stephen.

In article ,
Stephen H wrote:
What about removable plastic oil filter covers?

My VW Golf MK IV 2002 has a removable plastic oil filter cover that is
almost round, well 12 sided.

How do I remove this plastic oil filter cover *without* damaging it or
*paying a VW dealer* so that I can replace the oil filter element? I
have to be able to reuse this oil filter cover.

A strap wrench.

--
*You're never too old to learn something stupid.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 22/12/2011 23:07, Stephen H wrote:
On 22/12/2011 22:13, thirty-six wrote:
On Dec 22, 7:52 pm, wrote:
On Dec 22, 5:39 pm, "Peter wrote:









"D. wrote in message

...

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?

Is the filter the type that is a sealed throwaway one that just
screws into
A housing? If so simply hammer an old screwdriver into the side and
use that
as a lever to unscrew it.

Peter Crosland

Works great until you are up against a really stubborn filter when it
shreds the filter case and leaves the filter top and a load of jagged
metal in place.

It's a very messy method too, don't do it unless you want oil stains
on your drive.

I've got one of these and it makes removing even the most stubborn
filters
easy:http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf...ley-oil-filter...


Philip

Got that too from Lidl for £2, works a treat. Clamps securely, big
enough to ease removal, but not so big that it gets in the way.


What about removable plastic oil filter covers?

My VW Golf MK IV 2002 has a removable plastic oil filter cover that is
almost round, well 12 sided.

How do I remove this plastic oil filter cover *without* damaging it or
*paying a VW dealer* so that I can replace the oil filter element? I
have to be able to reuse this oil filter cover.

The oil filter element does not look much different to an air filter
element incidentally.

(This is on a PD (Pumpe Dusse) engine, if I recall correctly engine code
is ATD.).

Regards,

Stephen.


Buy the correct tool (Laser tools make them) for about a fiver from
Halfords or Ebay. It works on quite a few conventional metal filters too.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:14:06 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

wrote:


I've got one of these and it makes removing even the most stubborn
filters easy:
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf...-filter-wrench

Philip
BTDTGTTS
Seconded........providing there is room between the bottom of the
filter and the manifold or intercooler or whatever it is to get the
1/4" wide bit of the band through! There isn't on a Disco td5 which
means removing one of those lickle screws that holds the end of the
band, threading the band around the filter body and then re-installing
said lickle screw, dropping the tw@t and then trying to find it
amongst the gravel. Of course, once you've removed the filter you
don't need the tool again 'cos the filter hasn't been put on by a
professional fully trained LR technician.....
Please reply to group - email address is not monitored
Ian

In article ,
says...

Wrap an end of a luggage strap round it and grip with pliers or better
mole grips. Turning the pliers should tighten the strap and remove the
filter.

But if you can get your hands in, wearing rubber gloves after giving it a
good clean to remove any oil should do it - they're not usually very tight.

Wrap a couple of elastic bands around the filter to give some grip.
(your postman will no doubt leave some for you - just walk around with
your eyes on the pavement).

Get an old leather belt & remove the buckle's tongue.

Make a loop in the belt by passing the end through the buckle & place
over filter. A couple of extra turns on the filter might be helpful.

Pull to tighten and to apply torque in order to ,hopefully, undo filter.

If this doesn't apply enough torque on its own, assist it with your
other hand wrapped around the belt.

This method has the advantage of not damaging the filter - unless the
threads shear off of course.

p.s. Make sure you're turning it the right way. It's easy to get
disoriented if you have to work from underneath.

Clean your wounds and apply first aid.

--
Sam

On 22/12/2011 21:33, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:52:46 -0800 (PST), wrote:

[Screwdriver hammered through filter]

It's a very messy method too, ...

Agreed but an old washing up bowl underneath will catch most of the
spilt oil.

... don't do it unless you want oil stains on your drive.

Brush in plenty of neat washing up liquid and let the rain do the
rest.

With a rachet set, extension bar and strapping I think you could
fashion a strap wrench. Length of strapping long enough to go around
the filter and 1 1/2 times around the extension bar. Fold the
strapping in half and wrap around the extension bar, pass the loop
around the filter. What you have to do is make sure that the
direction of rotation of the rachet to apply unsrewing torque to the
filter tightens the strapping onto the extension bar and tries to
make the loop around the filter smaller. With a smooth polished
extension bar it may slip bit of gaffer tape around the bar and/or
filter should stop that.

If there's room and you've got a ratchet strap for your luggage, you
could probably use that. Possibly with a screwdriver through the handle
for more leverage.

SteveW

On 22/12/2011 18:21, thirty-six wrote:
On Dec 22, 5:45 pm, "D. wrote:
The Medway wrote :

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

Must be a classic French non-design.

Not just a French problem. I used to have a Rover 400 with the 1.6l
Rover engine. First you got it warmed up nicely, then you put it on axle
stands to drain the sump. Next you reached into the narrow gap between
the back of the engine and the bulkhead to remove the filter ... from
directly over the now red-hot exhaust pipe!

SteveW

On Dec 23, 10:24*pm, Steve Walker -
family.me.uk wrote:
On 22/12/2011 18:21, thirty-six wrote:









On Dec 22, 5:45 pm, "D. *wrote:
The Medway *wrote :

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

Must be a classic French non-design.

Not just a French problem. I used to have a Rover 400 with the 1.6l
Rover engine. First you got it warmed up nicely, then you put it on axle
stands to drain the sump. Next you reached into the narrow gap between
the back of the engine and the bulkhead to remove the filter ... from
directly over the now red-hot exhaust pipe!

SteveW

The 200 bubble encourages you to reach down between the radiator and
the exhaust so burning the forearms. It really is the easiest way,
but wearing welding gauntlets.

The proper end cap spanners (match diameter & flutes) have a 1/4"
socket end and a box-square end for conventional open spanners. Make
the job very easy.

Screwdriver through the side of some very thick wall oil filters (like
piggin subframes) might be enough to tweak any oil-to-water heat
exchanger on the threaded oil filter tube or tweak the tube itself to
affect the seal at 70-120psi.

Remember to oil wipe the filter o-ring, ideally part fill re getting
oil pressure up faster. If a horizontal oil fitment part fill will be
limited but better than nothing.

You can buy oil filter remote kits, but they are another collection of
joints as well as routing hoses so as not to abrade, be abrade, be
cooked or cook. Some cars benefit from them though re easy firewall
mounting & now vertical oil filter - just check oil level regularly.