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

[Greg Furstenwerth]

yeah its a 3/8" I sent the bad boy to the local garage. I trust them
fully they are good people :) They have done other work on my previous
audis.

Greg

Kneale Brownson wrote:

>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.  
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>At 11:17 PM 3/29/2005 -0800, Greg Furstenwerth wrote:
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>>Here is how hard this thing is to get off... RIP Socket Wrench...
>>http://home.comcast.net/~slicerdicer/busted-socket.jpg
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>>I am at a total loss for words...
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>>Greg
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>>Carol, Dave, and Zach Weiss wrote:
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>>>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..
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>>>Dave
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>>>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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