Oil Filter Frustration

Soundguy · Jul 20, 2006

jinman said:
Greg, if your tractor is capable of doing what I am doing in the attachment and not sucking oil into the #1 and #2 cylinders, then a little oil above the full mark on the dipstick should not matter. If I could have gotten off the tractor to check the oil without sliding down, I imagine the dipstick would have read at least 3 quarts low with all the oil in the front of the pan. Don't think that didn't run through my mind while I was doing this. I kept my ears peeled for any unusual sound and my eyes open for any unusual smoke coming from the exhaust.

Working on a downslope

Now that's a downangle.. I'll bet that seat had teeth marks in it afterwards!!

Soundguy

Egon · Jul 21, 2006

If a pipe wrench to fit a filter is small, I'd love to see what you call a big one

Anything less than a 48 is small!

kensfarm · Jul 21, 2006

jinman said:
Small pipe wrench? Ho-Boy! If a pipe wrench to fit a filter is small, I'd love to see what you call a big one.

The handle is short.. but the jaw opens wide enough to go around the filter. But I use the smaller filter because of the FEL mount.

Soundguy · Jul 23, 2006

I've got a big ? 3' aluminum pipe wrench at work.. that thing is nice and bulky.. works great, and is alot lighter than the big iron one on the mechanics truck!!

soundguy

droy · Jul 23, 2006

After reading about TMAC's frustration with his oil filter, then someone respectfully questioning if he was turning it the right way, I'd like to share an incident with you'll;
I had removed the seats from my eighteen wheeler, to replace the worn carpet, with a new rubber floor mat. After removing the carpet, and the shift boot, there was a slightly larger floor plate that I also removed to access the transmission. I decided to replace a normally very hard to get to air operated splitter valve that shifted the tranny from low to high range through very small 1/16" (I think) air lines. When reattaching the air lines, one proved to be a real bugger. Laying on my large belly on the floor of the truck, I could turn the ferrel nut 1/4 turn, I then had to get under the truck, using a different wrench, was able to turn the ferrel nut another 1/4 turn. After what seemed like an hour of doing this, it still wasn't tight! I took a break, got to thinking about it, then realized that while laying on the floor of the truck, I would tighten it that 1/4 turn, then crawling under the truck, I had gotten disoriented, and would loosen it 1/4 turn. As angry and disgusted with myself as I was, I still couldn't help but to laugh.