[V8] Oil Change woes!!! Filter stuck!

[Kneale Brownson]

Is that 3/8" drive?  I can believe that broke with the sort of pressure you
were describing before like a pipe to extend the wrench handle.   If it's
1/2" drive, then that's a different story.  

At 11:17 PM 3/29/2005 -0800, Greg Furstenwerth wrote:
>Here is how hard this thing is to get off... RIP Socket Wrench...
>http://home.comcast.net/~slicerdicer/busted-socket.jpg
>
>I am at a total loss for words...
>
>Greg
>
>Carol, Dave, and Zach Weiss wrote:
>
>>It's probably a pipe thread you can't get over here.  I installed one (on a
>>Briggs V-twin!) last year.  I cut the bottom plates off two cheap oil
>>filters and made nuts from them, double-nutted the nipple, and torqued it
>>home properly.  The hard part on the V8 would probably be breaking the old
>>one loose..
>> 
>>Dave
>> 
>>  
>>
>>Allan says:
>>"Don't despair, just replace the union (077115721b) for $11.85 list and
>>be on your way :)"
>> 
>>Not sure the availability, or how easy that bugger is to replace, but
>>it's nice to know it is possible (in theory).
>>
>><<
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