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Oil Filter Stuck. Options Please?
Count Floyd wrote:
> Bill Putney wrote: > >> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> > JR wrote: >> >> This is a first for me. I can't bunge the oil filter(PH16) on my 97 >> >> Avenger. I've tried different types of wrenches, but I'm afraid I'll >> >> crush or tear the filter. There isn't much room to work. Should I >> >> leave it alone and change the oil more often (the car has140000k and >> >> is driven about 100 miles a week)? Bring it in to a oil change place, >> >> etc.? And will they have any better luck? Or a chrysler shop ($$)? >> >> Thanks. >> > >> > Just make sure your turning it the right direction. I had one on >> > my Nissan years ago that wouldn't turn and I used the punch screwdriver >> > through it method and it still wouldn't turn. Then I realized I was >> > turning >> > it backwards. >> > >> > Ted >> >> Righty tighty lefty loosey, Ted. >> >> Yep - being upside down messes with the mind. >> > Except for the drivers side wheels on old Chryslers! In the early 80s, I bought a '69 Barracuda 340-S convertible that had frontend issues, with front tires that had the steel belts showing. I swapped a pair of decent tires on '70 rallye wheels onto it. When I came home from work the next day, I found the front of the car dangling on a bumper jack with only the right front wheel & tire missing... and the lug nuts for the left front were pi$$-tight. Bryan PS: My ragtop is NOT for sale. |
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Oil Filter Stuck. Options Please?
"Bryan" > writes:
> Count Floyd wrote: >> Bill Putney wrote: >> >>> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>> > JR wrote: >>> >> This is a first for me. I can't bunge the oil filter(PH16) on my 97 >>> >> Avenger. I've tried different types of wrenches, but I'm afraid I'll >>> >> crush or tear the filter. There isn't much room to work. Should I >>> >> leave it alone and change the oil more often (the car has140000k and >>> >> is driven about 100 miles a week)? Bring it in to a oil change place, >>> >> etc.? And will they have any better luck? Or a chrysler shop ($$)? >>> >> Thanks. >>> > >>> > Just make sure your turning it the right direction. I had one on >>> > my Nissan years ago that wouldn't turn and I used the punch screwdriver >>> > through it method and it still wouldn't turn. Then I realized I was >>> > turning >>> > it backwards. >>> > >>> > Ted >>> >>> Righty tighty lefty loosey, Ted. >>> >>> Yep - being upside down messes with the mind. >>> >> Except for the drivers side wheels on old Chryslers! > > In the early 80s, I bought a '69 Barracuda 340-S convertible that had > frontend issues, with front tires that had the steel belts showing. I > swapped a pair of decent tires on '70 rallye wheels onto it. When I came > home from work the next day, I found the front of the car dangling on a > bumper jack with only the right front wheel & tire missing... and the lug > nuts for the left front were pi$$-tight. Sometime in the late 1970s, I broke a breaker bar by putting a cheater on it and jumping up and down. Yep, it was the left side.... |
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Oil Filter Stuck. Options Please?
Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> "Bryan" > writes: > >> Count Floyd wrote: >>> Bill Putney wrote: >>> >>>> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>>>> JR wrote: >>>>>> This is a first for me. I can't bunge the oil filter(PH16) on my 97 >>>>>> Avenger. I've tried different types of wrenches, but I'm afraid I'll >>>>>> crush or tear the filter. There isn't much room to work. Should I >>>>>> leave it alone and change the oil more often (the car has140000k and >>>>>> is driven about 100 miles a week)? Bring it in to a oil change place, >>>>>> etc.? And will they have any better luck? Or a chrysler shop ($$)? >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Just make sure your turning it the right direction. I had one on >>>>> my Nissan years ago that wouldn't turn and I used the punch screwdriver >>>>> through it method and it still wouldn't turn. Then I realized I was >>>>> turning >>>>> it backwards. >>>>> >>>>> Ted >>>> Righty tighty lefty loosey, Ted. >>>> >>>> Yep - being upside down messes with the mind. >>>> >>> Except for the drivers side wheels on old Chryslers! >> In the early 80s, I bought a '69 Barracuda 340-S convertible that had >> frontend issues, with front tires that had the steel belts showing. I >> swapped a pair of decent tires on '70 rallye wheels onto it. When I came >> home from work the next day, I found the front of the car dangling on a >> bumper jack with only the right front wheel & tire missing... and the lug >> nuts for the left front were pi$$-tight. > > Sometime in the late 1970s, I broke a breaker bar by putting a cheater > on it and jumping up and down. Yep, it was the left side.... Kind of a twist (literally) of that scenario: Many years ago, before I had a sense of how much a given torque value was, I had an OHC Subaru that I changed the timing belt on. The tensioning involved putting a certain amount of torque on one of the cam sprockets - in the *counter-clockwise* direction - and holding that tension while you tightened the tensioner pulley bracket. Well, I set the torque wrench to the correct value, and went to apply the torque - increased the torque waiting for the click - it never came. Applied more and more torque - no click. I applied so much torque, it's a wonder that I didn't bend or break something or ruin the belt. I couldn't figure out what was going on - felt like I was in the twilight zone. Long story short - I had one of those cheap 1/2 torque wrenches - the kind you still buy in the cheap tool stores today - it only clicks in the CW direction - CCW: no clicky! -- Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') |
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Oil Filter Stuck. Options Please?
"Bill Putney" > wrote in message ... > Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > "Bryan" > writes: > > > >> Count Floyd wrote: > >>> Bill Putney wrote: > >>> > >>>> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>>>> JR wrote: > >>>>>> This is a first for me. I can't bunge the oil filter(PH16) on my 97 > >>>>>> Avenger. I've tried different types of wrenches, but I'm afraid I'll > >>>>>> crush or tear the filter. There isn't much room to work. Should I > >>>>>> leave it alone and change the oil more often (the car has140000k and > >>>>>> is driven about 100 miles a week)? Bring it in to a oil change place, > >>>>>> etc.? And will they have any better luck? Or a chrysler shop ($$)? > >>>>>> Thanks. > >>>>> Just make sure your turning it the right direction. I had one on > >>>>> my Nissan years ago that wouldn't turn and I used the punch screwdriver > >>>>> through it method and it still wouldn't turn. Then I realized I was > >>>>> turning > >>>>> it backwards. > >>>>> > >>>>> Ted > >>>> Righty tighty lefty loosey, Ted. > >>>> > >>>> Yep - being upside down messes with the mind. > >>>> > >>> Except for the drivers side wheels on old Chryslers! > >> In the early 80s, I bought a '69 Barracuda 340-S convertible that had > >> frontend issues, with front tires that had the steel belts showing. I > >> swapped a pair of decent tires on '70 rallye wheels onto it. When I came > >> home from work the next day, I found the front of the car dangling on a > >> bumper jack with only the right front wheel & tire missing... and the lug > >> nuts for the left front were pi$$-tight. > > > > Sometime in the late 1970s, I broke a breaker bar by putting a cheater > > on it and jumping up and down. Yep, it was the left side.... > > Kind of a twist (literally) of that scenario: Many years ago, before I > had a sense of how much a given torque value was, I had an OHC Subaru > that I changed the timing belt on. The tensioning involved putting a > certain amount of torque on one of the cam sprockets - in the > *counter-clockwise* direction - and holding that tension while you > tightened the tensioner pulley bracket. > > Well, I set the torque wrench to the correct value, and went to apply > the torque - increased the torque waiting for the click - it never came. > Applied more and more torque - no click. I applied so much torque, > it's a wonder that I didn't bend or break something or ruin the belt. I > couldn't figure out what was going on - felt like I was in the twilight > zone. Long story short - I had one of those cheap 1/2 torque wrenches - > the kind you still buy in the cheap tool stores today - it only clicks > in the CW direction - CCW: no clicky! > Yet another reason I'm glad that I've only bought beam-style torque wrenches! Ted |
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