If it gets that bad (you have half-destroyed the filter but it still won't
budge), remove the oil filter mount from the block and take it to a machine
shop. It's only two bolts.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> andycost@att.net
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 11:19 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: stuck oil filter ...
>
>
> I worked atr an oil change place for several years. I
> don't reccommend using a screwdriver. Once you have
> poked a hole in the filter then the car is inoperable
> wherever it sits. That might be fine for the roadster
> sitting in the garage, but if you have to drive it you
> will be out of luck. We would get cars in that had the
> filters on so tight that the filter pliers and end cap
> wrenches couldn't get them off. Several times one of my
> mechanics would jab a screwdriver through. When you
> turn the screwdriver it just rips the filter in half. I
> suggest using one of those strap type filter removers.
> Place the strap as close to the base of the filter as
> you can. Once you have mangled, ripped in half, and
> tried the strap with no luck you will have to use the
> chisel and hammer method.
>
> Andy
> > Mike,
> > Crude but effective, my favorite has always been to ram a
> > screwdriver through the whloe unit and twist it loose that way. Be
> > careful not to hit the drain cylinder dead center of the filter. Of
> > course if you can get a filter wrench on it, that's the best method
> > possible.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Michael Breen" <elvis@channel1.com>
> > Sent by: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > 09/28/01 05:35 PM
> > Please respond to "Michael Breen"
> >
> >
> > To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > cc:
> > Subject: stuck oil filter ...
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Any tricks on unsticking a stuck oil filter (twist on type)? Can't get the
> > thing to budge.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > 68 2000
> >
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