Oil Change Wrench

[PilotMikeTX]

A while back somebody mentioned a thin-wall open end wrench from Snap-On that worked good for the oil screen. Could somebody confirm if this is the beast (or a suitable substitute): http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp ... ir=catalog




It is 1", right? I should remember this after growing up with a 140 and almost 4 years of 170 ownership. Just thought I'd verify before I drop $25.

[GAHorn]

[johneeb]

After years of exhaustive research this is what Blu and I use, although Blu's is the Snap-on chromed version. George how much St. Pauly Girl will $25.00 buy.

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[W.J.Langholz]

After years of exhaustive research this is what Blu and I use, although Blu's is the Snap-on chromed version. George how much St. Pauly Girl will $25.00 buy.

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Someone once told me these were called a "Ford wrench" ........I have 2 of them in my tool box ...don't use them for a wrench however they do work well for a hammer

W.

[hilltop170]

After years of exhaustive research this is what Blu and I use, although Blu's is the Snap-on chromed version. George how much St. Pauly Girl will $25.00 buy.

The current model made by Rigid works very well for most large size applications.

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[blueldr]

A cold chisel and a ball peen hammer are my favorite tools for this job. A screen assembly will, with care, last about six oil changes. You save one screen cleaning on the sixth since you're throwing the screen away anyhow.

[Bruce Fenstermacher]

The oil screen is 1". I made a square deep socket by welding old socket for the ratchet end and 1" inside square steel tubing for the nut end, together. I had made this tool to torque my F&M oil filter adapter but it works great on my Cub which still has an oil screen, Won't easily round the square brass nut,

[W.J.Langholz]

The oil screen is 1". I made a square deep socket by welding old socket for the ratchet end and 1" inside square steel tubing for the nut end, together. I had made this tool to torque my F&M oil filter adapter but it works great on my Cub which still has an oil screen, Won't easily round the square brass nut,

Must not have a oil temp gauge?

[Bruce Fenstermacher]

Must not have a oil temp gauge?

Yes I do. You remove the oil temp bulb first. No need to remove the adapter nut though, the socket fits over it.

[HA]

you guys make this too hard. I use my trusty 1" Craftsman open end wrench, although once I remove my oil temp bulb I can often remove the screen by wrenching on the bulb adaptor, since it is really in there tightly. But I use the 1" to make sure I'm tight going back together. You just have to be careful to keep it on straight, go slow and easy. And use a new crush gasket every time, so that you don't have to try to rip the accessory case threads out tryoing to get it tight enough not to leak.

[PilotMikeTX]

Unless this is a special thin walled one, it is the same "Mexican Toolbox" that I've been using. Problem is my OP adapter is not aligned with the sides of the square nut so I can't get a good grip on it. I think I'll try that one from Snap On and see how it goes.