Super stuck oil filter! WTF! I've now crushed the end down 2 wrench sizes.
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Crowbar... I've had that happen. I stuck a screwdriver through and when that didn't work I hammered a crowbar through it... That worked haha 
Crowbar... I've had that happen. I stuck a screwdriver through and when that didn't work I hammered a crowbar through it... That worked haha
Thats awwesome! A crowbar!I almost beat one of my hydraulic jack handles through the filter last night....maybe I should have kept going!
I almost beat one of my hydraulic jack handles through the filter last night....maybe I should have kept going!
See ur not the only crazy person around here. But mine wasn't on a mustang. It was on an s-15 GMC.
You need one of these...
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ACE hardware has them, see http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1289727
I have used a similar type wrench for over 40 years and I have never had a filter I could not get off.
Check out the google search to find a less expensive one... http://www.google.com/search?q=chai...-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
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ACE hardware has them, see http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1289727
I have used a similar type wrench for over 40 years and I have never had a filter I could not get off.
Check out the google search to find a less expensive one... http://www.google.com/search?q=chai...-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
See? This is what happens when I forget to grease a part of the car!
By the way, the grease is still looking "good" almost a year later. Hasnt washed off and not a spot of rust anywhere underneath
Bashed, torched, crowbarred and a jack handle beaten through the middle.
I smacked it with a mallet on the end. Then I burned around the outside with a torch. Then I bent the ends back with a mini crowbar. Finally, I took the aforementioned hydraulic jack handle, held it up to the side and proceeded to deadblow mallet it until it was sticking halfway through. I had to stomp the end with my foot but it finally started moving.
This was one determined filter!
I smacked it with a mallet on the end. Then I burned around the outside with a torch. Then I bent the ends back with a mini crowbar. Finally, I took the aforementioned hydraulic jack handle, held it up to the side and proceeded to deadblow mallet it until it was sticking halfway through. I had to stomp the end with my foot but it finally started moving.
This was one determined filter!
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You should have changed the filter when you changed your oil the first time!!! SEcondly, you should have changed it when the motor was at operating temperature, because it would have come right off. Third, get big Channel Locks and it will come right off.
