Homemade Oil Filter Remover

Homemade Oil Filter Remover FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 27-3-37 Clifton Lawson, 14760 Eagle Ridge Road, Ferryville, Wis. 54628 ph 608 734-3457: "The oil filter on my tractor was stuck and wouldn't come off with conventional filter remover tools, so I decided to make my own filter remover to do the job. I welded six pointed metal pins in a circle onto one side of a short section of steel pipe and welded a large bolt onto the other side. A nut was then welded onto the bolt. I place the device against the top end of the filter and use a hammer to pound on the nut so the pins will make marks in the filter. I either drill or punch holes into the filter at the marked locations. Then I insert the pins into the holes and drive the device all the way into the filter. By attaching a long wrench to the nut and turning it, the filter will come off. The pins grip the outside edge of the filter and don't tear the filter up like a single screwdriver might. "I used a 3/8-in. dia. metal rod to make the pins, which measure about 1 1/2 in. long, and a lathe to make the points. The bolt is about 7/8-in. in diameter. The reason I welded the nut onto the bolt instead of directly onto the pipe section is that it's easier to get a wrench on the nut. The pins are slanted at a slight counterclockwise angle so that as they turn, they tend to dig into the filter and won't come out. The pins are located at the outside edge of the filter and provide a grip all the way around it. I also made a smaller version of this tool for our car."

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