Oil-filter removal (2004 Jeep Liberty)

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> I had to use the "removal" tool to install the oil filter because
> it's hard to squeeze one's arm between the fan-shroud and
> the tie-rod, reach the oil filter and screw it on -- there's just
> not enough room to work in. Anyway, I turned the "removal"
> tool just enough to result in an "hand-tight" fit.
>
They all say that. ;^)

Cheers.

Earle

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > I had to use the "removal" tool to install the oil filter because
> > it's hard to squeeze one's arm between the fan-shroud and
> > the tie-rod, reach the oil filter and screw it on -- there's just
> > not enough room to work in. Anyway, I turned the "removal"
> > tool just enough to result in an "hand-tight" fit.
> >
> They all say that. ;^)
>
> Cheers.
>
> Earle

LOL! And it isn't like we haven't done it once too, eh? When they say
hand tight, they really mean it.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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No matter how tight that filter is, these babies will jerk that sucker right
off.

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/kdt3368.html

I had a set and LOVED it.

HTH

Carl

> wrote in message
oups.com...
>I had to use the "removal" tool to install the oil filter because it's
> hard to squeeze one's arm between the fan-shroud and the tie-rod, reach
> the oil filter and screw it on -- there's just not enough room to work
> in. Anyway, I turned the "removal" tool just enough to result in an
> "hand-tight" fit.
>

proclaimed:

> The removal tool did NOT destroy the oil filter; it just rounded-off
> the flutes on the filter.
>
> Now, I need to find something that will grab onto the filter so it can
> be unscrewed.
>
Well, you've exhausted or ignored all of the common sense suggestions,
so perhaps you might consider seeing if a local zoo has a spare gorilla?

This is the type I use:
http://all-tool.com/BY_MASTER_CATAGO...wrenches_2.htm
Slide it up as near the threaded end as possible to avoid crushing the
can.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

wrote:
>
> The removal tool did NOT destroy the oil filter; it just rounded-off
> the flutes on the filter.
>
> Now, I need to find something that will grab onto the filter so it can
> be unscrewed.

Maybe we need to get Kate involved in this discussion. She used to have a
Libby....


Is this what your engine looks like?

http://www.wkjeeps.com/photos/wk_3_7_engine.jpg





"Lon" > wrote in message
. ..
> proclaimed:
>
>> The removal tool did NOT destroy the oil filter; it just rounded-off
>> the flutes on the filter.
>>
>> Now, I need to find something that will grab onto the filter so it can
>> be unscrewed.
>>
> Well, you've exhausted or ignored all of the common sense suggestions, so
> perhaps you might consider seeing if a local zoo has a spare gorilla?
>

Emphasis on "used to" <ROTFLMAO>
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

billy ray wrote:
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> Maybe we need to get Kate involved in this discussion. She used to have a
> Libby....
>
> Is this what your engine looks like?
>
> http://www.wkjeeps.com/photos/wk_3_7_engine.jpg

Yup, that's what I use. Have two sizes for the two sizes of filters my
vehicles use.

Eric
"L.W.(Bill) Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> This is the type I use:
> http://all-tool.com/BY_MASTER_CATAGO...wrenches_2.htm
> Slide it up as near the threaded end as possible to avoid crushing the
> can.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> wrote:
>>
>> The removal tool did NOT destroy the oil filter; it just rounded-off
>> the flutes on the filter.
>>
>> Now, I need to find something that will grab onto the filter so it can
>> be unscrewed.

Whan my daughter worked (very briefly) at the service center of the Jeep
dealership, she came home one day telling me
"Mom, Liberty's SUCK!! If you ever need the oil changed on yours, don't
bring it to me"

Evidently they are VERY hard to get to, even for her scrawny little arms.

I'm sure glad she gave up being a lube jockey...

Kate

"Eric" > wrote in message
...
> Use the metal strap type... should be just fine. Although it's messy, the
> screwdriver method will work. You don't have to turn it far -- just break
> it loose. Then you can do it by hand or with the strap style you have
> now. Like everyone said -- it is messy. Before I got a cap-style for my
> motorcycle, I used the screwdriver method (two or three oil changes). It
> worked every time but made a mess.
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>>I tried the strap-type oil-filter wrench shown at:
>>
>> http://automotive.hardwarestore.com/...h--635959.aspx
>>
>> I put the nylon strap around the filter and attached one end of an 1/2"
>> extension-bar to the end of the oil-filter wrench and the other end to
>> a socket wrench.
>>
>> I turned the wrench as hard as I could but the oil filter would NOT
>> unscrew. (I didn't try harder because I was afraid the oil filter might
>> collapse and then it'd become more of a bear to remove).
>>
>> Running a big screwdriver through the filter and using it as a lever to
>> turn the filter sounds good but I don't think there's enough room to
>> reach the screwdriver to turn it.
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>
>

All I know is what Kristen told me.
She says getting ttie filters off of the Liberty is an absolute screaming
mother****er...
She was scraped and bruised and quite ill tempered after doing a couple of
them that day.

Poor thing, I actually felt bad for her. She had at her disposal, big
screwdrivers, several quality band wrenches and a pair of oil filter pliers
and still ahd to wrestel in there with her little bare arm. She said it took
her something like an hour to get inbetween the places where she needed to
get to finally get it loose.

Now, Kristen is a girly girl most of the time, but she has done her share of
working on cars and she is a determined little thing. I say if the OP is
having trouble, then chances are he has tried almost everythig and it is
probable that some of these big tools that are being recommended will simply
not go into the space.

The filter, as I recall, is wedged into a really tight spot, with very
limited access. I remember thinking that she was being a whinetit and went
out to look at it for myself and having a bit more respect for her after I
saw what she was up against.

Kate
06 - uhh... what's that little white thing called again?
oh yea RUBICON!
Oh yea, you can reach the filter on this one just fine ¦¬D

"billy ray" > wrote in message
...
> Maybe we need to get Kate involved in this discussion. She used to have a
> Libby....
>
>
> Is this what your engine looks like?
>
> http://www.wkjeeps.com/photos/wk_3_7_engine.jpg
>
>
>
>
>
> "Lon" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> proclaimed:
>>
>>> The removal tool did NOT destroy the oil filter; it just rounded-off
>>> the flutes on the filter.
>>>
>>> Now, I need to find something that will grab onto the filter so it can
>>> be unscrewed.
>>>
>> Well, you've exhausted or ignored all of the common sense suggestions, so
>> perhaps you might consider seeing if a local zoo has a spare gorilla?
>>
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