New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
05-07-2004, 10:08 PM
#61
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
On Fri, 07 May 2004 13:37:28 GMT, "Jeff Lowe"
<jalowe44.del.ete.this@hotmail..com.invaid> wrote:
>"Jean-Paul Lanaux" <jpl@jplanaux.com> wrote in message
>news:MPG.1b050a564d5c9fe3989688@netnews.worldnet. att.net...
>> I am attempting my first oil filter change in my 04 Wrangler. Luckily I
>> have a spare auto. I crushed the filter, the factory spun the filter on
>> too tight. Does any reader out there have any magic tricks for this
>> unlucky guy on how to best remove the filter? I scowered the net using
>> google and was surprised to see that there is no info on this topic.
>> Two ideas:
>> a) multiple wrenches,
>> b) someone suggested a screwdriver with a hammer, tapping the
>> screwdriver blade into the lip which would dig in and cause it to turn
>> at the same time.
>
>Last resort: Punch a pry bar through the filter and use that to lever it
>loose.
>
>Been there, done that, got the greasy T-shirt.
>
>Jeff
>
Yups... makes a mess, but works hehehehe.
Dave
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0p2es/david/index.htm
<jalowe44.del.ete.this@hotmail..com.invaid> wrote:
>"Jean-Paul Lanaux" <jpl@jplanaux.com> wrote in message
>news:MPG.1b050a564d5c9fe3989688@netnews.worldnet. att.net...
>> I am attempting my first oil filter change in my 04 Wrangler. Luckily I
>> have a spare auto. I crushed the filter, the factory spun the filter on
>> too tight. Does any reader out there have any magic tricks for this
>> unlucky guy on how to best remove the filter? I scowered the net using
>> google and was surprised to see that there is no info on this topic.
>> Two ideas:
>> a) multiple wrenches,
>> b) someone suggested a screwdriver with a hammer, tapping the
>> screwdriver blade into the lip which would dig in and cause it to turn
>> at the same time.
>
>Last resort: Punch a pry bar through the filter and use that to lever it
>loose.
>
>Been there, done that, got the greasy T-shirt.
>
>Jeff
>
Yups... makes a mess, but works hehehehe.
Dave
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0p2es/david/index.htm
05-07-2004, 11:56 PM
#62
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
In
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
05-07-2004, 11:56 PM
#63
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
In
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
05-07-2004, 11:56 PM
#64
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
In
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
05-07-2004, 11:56 PM
#65
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
In
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
news:yEUmc.452838$2oI1.341007@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com,
SB from <chicbearsmook@hotmail.com> was injured because:
| i can't help remembering my ex....tighty lucy!!
|
|
| "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
message
| news:409C12E8.9D9346B2@***.net...
|| Righty tighty, lefty loosy.
|| God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
|| mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
||
|| Jersey wrote:
|||
||| I had this same thing happen & I wound up using a hammer
to
||| drive
||| a big ol screwdriver through the filter & got it to
start
||| spinning with that. Note: Make sure your turning the
right
||| way.
|||
||| L8r - Jersey
LMAO!
No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
nitrile gloves, too.
--
--
Joe Pribe
NC
Pull my finger to reply by email.
jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com
I Love My O|||||||O
05-08-2004, 12:42 PM
#66
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
Uh...are we back to talking about the oil filter?
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
05-08-2004, 12:42 PM
#67
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
Uh...are we back to talking about the oil filter?
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
05-08-2004, 12:42 PM
#68
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Posts: n/a
Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
Uh...are we back to talking about the oil filter?
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
05-08-2004, 12:42 PM
#69
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Posts: n/a
Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
Uh...are we back to talking about the oil filter?
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
>
> LMAO!
>
> No matter how stuck, if I go from underneath, I can always
> get anough leverage on it by hand...course, I wear grippy
> nitrile gloves, too.
>
> --
> --
> Joe Pribe
> NC
>
> Pull my finger to reply by email.
>
> jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
> jegp 'at' hotmail.com
>
> I Love My O|||||||O
>
>
>
05-08-2004, 09:10 PM
#70
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Re: New jeep - first oil filter change - filter stuck & crushed
works every time.
john
"Jean-Paul Lanaux" <jpl@jplanaux.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b050a564d5c9fe3989688@netnews.worldnet.a tt.net...
> I am attempting my first oil filter change in my 04 Wrangler. Luckily I
> have a spare auto. I crushed the filter, the factory spun the filter on
> too tight. Does any reader out there have any magic tricks for this
> unlucky guy on how to best remove the filter? I scowered the net using
> google and was surprised to see that there is no info on this topic.
>
> Two ideas:
>
> a) multiple wrenches,
>
> b) someone suggested a screwdriver with a hammer, tapping the
> screwdriver blade into the lip which would dig in and cause it to turn
> at the same time.
john
"Jean-Paul Lanaux" <jpl@jplanaux.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b050a564d5c9fe3989688@netnews.worldnet.a tt.net...
> I am attempting my first oil filter change in my 04 Wrangler. Luckily I
> have a spare auto. I crushed the filter, the factory spun the filter on
> too tight. Does any reader out there have any magic tricks for this
> unlucky guy on how to best remove the filter? I scowered the net using
> google and was surprised to see that there is no info on this topic.
>
> Two ideas:
>
> a) multiple wrenches,
>
> b) someone suggested a screwdriver with a hammer, tapping the
> screwdriver blade into the lip which would dig in and cause it to turn
> at the same time.