Well yesterday, I went and bought some oil and a filter to perform the first oil change on my Dodge diesel since I bought it (I bought it used and it has 55k on it).
Well I got home and crawled underneath and drained the oil, and then popped the hood and preceeded to remove the filter, well at least I tried....I couldn't get it off.
The filter wrench I had was too small, so I tried a nylon tool belt I had, I've used nylon straps or leather belts with good success in the past,,,,no luck.
Well I was stranded and couldn't do anything til my wife got home so I could go get a new bigger wrench..
I had found a bigger one that I had, but broke it, trying to loosen this filter...The stealership apparently tightened the filter really good, and I think they may not have oiled the seal first either....needless to say I was really mad and frustrated that I couldn't get something as simple as a filter off.
My wife finally got home and I went up to Walmart,,,,well no surprise, they didn't have ***** for filter wrenches,,,,so I walked around and was thinking of buying a nylon strap down to use, when I came upon a center isle display. I normally don't fall for the stuff you see thats says "as seen on TV".
It was made by the same guy that sells the Oxy Clean product and what it is, is a strap wrench that uses a piece of rubber for the strap and you can adjust it to any size to open jars, hold PVC while you screw something to it, etc. It came with two; a large and a small for $17.
So I said what the hay and bought it....Git home and try a it out, but the dang filter is still too tight, this thing won't budge it, but it gripped really well and was trying, there was just no breaking this filter loose...so unfortunately I had to result to using a screwdriver and a hammer and chiseling the top edge of the filter moving a little at a time til it finall came loose.
But I do like the strap wrench set I bought and think it will work well for future oil changes on any vehicle, especially with two different sizes,,,,,I think it was a good overall investment.. I hope anyway....
kerryp
Bastrop, Texas
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