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Changed the oil in the 94 this afternoon.. Took me 3 hours! 
I started by poking a hole, in the bottom of the filter and let it drain. While it was draining, I decided to take the 4wd shifter assembly out for it's own lube job. The shifter assembly operation went quite well and I now have 4-lo...
When I finally got back to the oil change, I tried to remove the filter... The keyword being TRIED.. Either it was put on with an impact wrench, or had been on the truck for quite a while. I doubt it had been on there long, since the oil was fairly clean. Since I just got the truck, I wanted to change the oil ASAP...
I tried removing the oil filter with a strap wrench, but that only made the filter body collapse. I then tried an oil filter wrench that I bought at NAPA and ended up breaking it. Next up was a screw driver through the filter body, but that was also fruitless.
With the filter housing collapsed, I was able to grab it with a pair of channel locks.. That only allowed me to rip half the housing off of the base. My options seemed to be slipping away quickly. I figured it was time to improvise and fashion myself some kind of spanner wrench. I used a U-bolt that I had lying on the work bench. I bent it, enough to fit in the small holes in the filter (The ones you usually ONLY see, from the other side!) and tried it. It took a few tries, but the filter base finally started to budge. I had to keep adjusting my home made wrench, so it didn't go into the holes too far and hit something above it. Filter finally came off and got launched across the garage floor!
I'll post some pics, of what's left of the filter tomorrow.... I have NEVER had that much trouble getting an oil filter off!
I started by poking a hole, in the bottom of the filter and let it drain. While it was draining, I decided to take the 4wd shifter assembly out for it's own lube job. The shifter assembly operation went quite well and I now have 4-lo...When I finally got back to the oil change, I tried to remove the filter... The keyword being TRIED.. Either it was put on with an impact wrench, or had been on the truck for quite a while. I doubt it had been on there long, since the oil was fairly clean. Since I just got the truck, I wanted to change the oil ASAP...
I tried removing the oil filter with a strap wrench, but that only made the filter body collapse. I then tried an oil filter wrench that I bought at NAPA and ended up breaking it. Next up was a screw driver through the filter body, but that was also fruitless.
With the filter housing collapsed, I was able to grab it with a pair of channel locks.. That only allowed me to rip half the housing off of the base. My options seemed to be slipping away quickly. I figured it was time to improvise and fashion myself some kind of spanner wrench. I used a U-bolt that I had lying on the work bench. I bent it, enough to fit in the small holes in the filter (The ones you usually ONLY see, from the other side!) and tried it. It took a few tries, but the filter base finally started to budge. I had to keep adjusting my home made wrench, so it didn't go into the holes too far and hit something above it. Filter finally came off and got launched across the garage floor!
I'll post some pics, of what's left of the filter tomorrow.... I have NEVER had that much trouble getting an oil filter off!
R.I.P.! You showed that filter whos boss! When we replace oil filters at the dealership they get one more use. We burn them in our wood furnace. Then they are just a melted mass of metal. Take that filter!
