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Hi All,
We picked up a small car for running around town. Much smaller than the vehicles I am accustomed to working on.
When it came time to change the oil filter not only did I actually need ramps to get myself under it (!) but I quickly realized that there was no way I could reach the filter. I could barely see it from below.
I do have a couple of strap wrenches, but they are all like this:
or this:
They all have the handle in the same plane as the gripping band, there was no way I could get one on the oil filter let alone swing it.
Of course it was also late on a Sunday, so I needed to use the parts I had available.
I took a piece of black pipe and milled a slot:
welded a spare socket into the other end:
and found an old dog collar for the strap:
It worked great for reaching up into the tight spot for the oil filter.
Simple, cheap and effective!
-brino
We picked up a small car for running around town. Much smaller than the vehicles I am accustomed to working on.
When it came time to change the oil filter not only did I actually need ramps to get myself under it (!) but I quickly realized that there was no way I could reach the filter. I could barely see it from below.
I do have a couple of strap wrenches, but they are all like this:
or this:
They all have the handle in the same plane as the gripping band, there was no way I could get one on the oil filter let alone swing it.
Of course it was also late on a Sunday, so I needed to use the parts I had available.
I took a piece of black pipe and milled a slot:
welded a spare socket into the other end:
and found an old dog collar for the strap:
It worked great for reaching up into the tight spot for the oil filter.
Simple, cheap and effective!
-brino