Stuck oil filter, best wrench

My strap wrench is like this:

Performance Tool Heavy-Duty Strap Filter Wrench — 6in. Dia., Model# W173C | Northern Tool

A 1/2" socket drive fits in the end of the bar, and the strap can usually be located closer to the base (thread end) on the filter.

I've never had it not work.

-Chris

ranger58sb said:

My strap wrench is like this:

Performance Tool Heavy-Duty Strap Filter Wrench — 6in. Dia., Model# W173C | Northern Tool

A 1/2" socket drive fits in the end of the bar, and the strap can usually be located closer to the base (thread end) on the filter.

I've never had it not work.

-Chris

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Same one I use. They are available on Amazon as well.

Of all the post I like the one suggesting it might lead to having blood in the bilge
Hell; for me that’s pretty much the norm

stephens013 said:

Of all the post I like the one suggesting it might lead to having blood in the bilge
Hell; for me that’s pretty much the norm

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I start bleeding just thinking about going in the bilge

Almightys said:

Same one I use. They are available on Amazon as well.

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Heck of a deal-$6.97 on Amazon…

Bennett

I might have to get one of those Klein strap wrenches. I got a set from Harbor Freight that are just OK. The have rubber straps that tend the stretch then slip if something is really tight.

I had a heck of a time getting the fuel filter off my generator yesterday. The bastards at Cummins Onan (or maybe Kubota), put the little filter both behind and above s bunch of fuel lines so a normal filter wrench won't fit. I had to break out an 18" long set of channel locks to get it off.

As to tightening, I found that the Cummins oil and fuel filters have tightening guides that are much tighter than I expected. For the oil they want 1 fill revolution from where it seats, and 3/4 revolution for the fuel filter. My hands and strap wrench were too slippery to get the fill rotation on the oil filter; I'll have to hope that it's tight enough without getting stuck.