I tried laying down and work on spinning the filter off from the bottom, but
again I was foiled by ground clearance issues. After struggling a bit with
being a contortionist, I dealt with spinning the old filter off and
reinstalling the new one from the top. Seems like a band type of filter
wrench that accepts a 12" extension and a 3/8'ths ratchet would have made
life easier.

Terrence


On 9/1/06 3:16 PM, in article , "IR"
> wrote:

> I usually use my bare hands or a knobby glove and reach through from the
> top, but it's way easier from the bottom on my 98GL. Course my hands
> aren't that big...
>
> Terrence wrote:
>> As the 3rd owner of this 98 Jetta GL, I've now feel as if I have been thru a
>> hazing of sorts for having changed the oil myself.