Comment by ynac
1 day ago
3 hours trying to remove an oil filter from tractor. Chain clamp mishaped it, I ended up shredding it, ripped out the innards, all the tin down to the intake rim (yes, shredded metal everywhere) until finally used needle nose spread open in two of the intake holes and a plummers wrench for torque finally loosened it.
Reading Brand's quick little life changer kept me going with surprisingly few cuss fits:
The Maintenance of Everything: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1511798465
Thanks, Stew!
My go to for these (was a tractor mechanic early in life) is to start with a big flat blade screwdriver and knock it completely through the side of the filter to the other side with a hammer, then use that to break the filter loose. I’ve near had one go sideways with that method, you get it through both outside sheet metal and the inner perforated metal that is usually stronger and welded to the threads
Absolutely tried that. The tin gave up faster than Khalid at Zanzibar. It looked like Popeye used his pipe on it. It was a cheap 1384, so single wall and cardboard were the only resistance.
Since posting, I got it running, PTO and deck line up great, fuel filter is clean and clear, it runs better than it has in years.
Oil filter tool that grabs the filter with teeth should work better than a chain clamp
I bet you're right. First time using a chain clamp, and it was brandnew. Broke on the third pull. Might have to watch a video - maybe I used it wrong? Seemed pretty straight forward and I wanted something that would span several filter types.