Filter Removal tool. Very good one

[alan8376]

Although I do not have a boat! I have been involved with cars. This tool will remove I reckon, everything, especially in tight places!

There are gear teeth between the arms, so it can be first adjusted to suit most filter sizes, then as the 3/8 ratchet is applied it automatically nips onto and grips. It can be used in both directions and does not crush the filter, which is useful if you bought the wrong filter!

What's good about this type, is it can be used in confined spaces by waggling the ratchet 2" each way or, a 12" extension piece can be fitted if the filter is high up and hidden


Now you have seen it! Find a shop that deals with Mechanics tools and not your micky mouse tool shop. Halfords may stock similar??

This tool was bought from 'Snap-On' a few years ago and was £30 then. I am sure cheaper versions are available!

 

[toad]

You can buy them in any good motor factor and are made by Sealy tools and others. Good as it is it will still cut into a very tight oil filter, most oil filters have a set of flats on them now and you can buy cup sockets to fit which are almost foolproof

 

[AvanLoon]

Why does somebody tighten such an oil filter at all! You just have to turn it hand tight with the sealant ring wetted with oil. And that's enough. To remove it, I simply take off the belt of my trousers, and pull it on the same way when you did when your belly was a little bit/ much smaller.
It comes always loose with one firm pull. The filter, I mean.

 

[pvb]

But don't your trousers fall down? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[SvenglishTommy]

My standard practice is buy car/boat, smash screwdriver through filter, remove filter, put on new filter hand tight, next year remove filter easily by hand. I refuse to buy a tool to fix other peoples (usually 'professional mechanics) incompetence.

 

[starboard]

Mine is too close to the block and fuel pump to get at with a filter wrench tool...I use a very large hose clip, slip it over the end of filter, tighten screw so hose clip is tight on filter body then just give the screw a tap with hammer and this loosens the filter enough to remove by hand!! Easy

Paul.

 

[billcowan]

I have a thornycroft/BMC 1.5 engine

Fantastic beast, the filter is the old cannister type that has a nice bolt right up through it, so its nice and easy to undo.

Downside, oh yes the book forgets to tell you about the deluge of oil everywhere!

You can get a 'conversion' kit that costs about £30 but I dont recon its worth it once you have mastered the technique.

 

[reeac]

I've always undone oil filters by hand. I've found that you can install them tight enough to be leak-free without having to resort to extreme measures for removal.

 

[Poignard]

There's a simple and cheap plastic strap wrench on the market called a Boa Constrictor that works fine. It is also useful for removing jam jar lids and flogging.

 

[Gordonmc]

I bought the conversion kit after losing the contents of the sump into the bilges.
The problem with the old cannister type on the T90 is the O ring which needs to be exactly right for a seal...and its hard to be sure when fiddling around with the through-bolt. As you say, once the bolt is slackened and the seal on the fibre washer breaks oil comes through the hole in the bottom.
But if you have mastered the art... best of luck.
Getting the old filter off now is a doddle. I use one of those plastic jam-jar opener if it doesn't come first time by hand.

 

[capt_courageous]

There is a snag to that method. As soon as you use the screwdriver the vehicle is immobilised or soon will be. It is also a very old and quick sabotage technique.

 

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Funny how for donkeys years that method has been used without trouble ....

 

[capt_courageous]

Donkeys - your words.

 

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Donkeys - your words.

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OK ... but lets look at the screwdriver method ...

The screwdriver is violently plunged through the case into the filter ... and then used to unscrew the case. I have never seen this done that risks the engine ... as any metal particle that may be dislodged / torn of by the screwdriver is well inside the filter. IF the screwdriver was to enter BETWEEN filter and engine - THEN I agree. Surely the filter is fine enough to block such debris - otherwise no use having it on there ... even for that 1/4 to 1/2 filter that is between engine and screwdriver.

 

[Cruiser2B]

Re: screwdriver method

I don't see it as damaging to the engine, but it is messy. Tried that method on aforementioned truck and only succeeded in slicing open the filter with the screwdriver. Unfortunately filters are thin gauge. Flipping mechanics; I try to avoid them. Anyway the only way I could get the filter off was to crush it in a C-clamp and use the arm as a lever (had to loosen it with a hammer); only had a couple of cm of room so I had to unscrew and reapply several times before the filter could be removed by hand.