Fuel Filter Change

[2001SAN]

When i changed my FCC filter I used a chain wrench but slipped a section form the leg of an old wetsuit round the cell so the chain wouldn't damage it. Worked a treat.

D.

[sodbuster88]

Anyone ever used a seatbelt style filter wrench?.

This is all I ever use... Had to make one once (couldn't find one big enough) for some spin-ons for a Mack ( maxidine 300) and still crushed the filter can using a cheater pipe. Talk about someone over tightening AND not greasing the o-ring.

[east tx skier]

Haha nice! One of my biggest pet peeves (generally found in automotive world) is monkeys who over tighten things IE oil filters and drain plugs. There is no faster way for tools to start flying across the garage than if I have to stick a screw driver through an oil filter or I round off a drain plug using the proper tools. If the drain plug is so tight I need a ratchet lever extension and to brace my chest against the front wheel of the car that is WAY TO TIGHT. I use what I feel is proper torque on filters and drain plugs and guess how many I have had come out or leak? Zero. I have probably changed oil in no less than 1000 different cars with no failures. The oil filter on my 67 sits right next to a header. You can't even go fully hand tight on that one if you want to remove it without crushing it with a conventional filter wrench. Anyone ever used a seatbelt style filter wrench? They were very handy on Cummins diesel filters when removing from the top side but they also are extremely strong for removing stubborn filters where you can't always use a jaw/plier style tool. I assume they would be great on an FCC as well without damaging the finish like a chain wrench.

I go 1/4 turn past hand tight, if that. My problem this year was temperature related. But the first time I changed my FCC filter, I finally gave up and took it to the dealer. The head of service braced his foot on the exhaust riser and, with two wrenches, got that canister off. If is, now, very easy to remove.

This is my new (oil) filter wrench. It's a bit tricky to get it on the end of the filter on the GT-40 with the amount of space between the end of the filter and the bilge, but it's doable.