11-21-2015, 07:48 AM
Well, the potential difficulty in loosening the filter piqued my interest so I did loosen it just to see if I could. I used a special filter vise-grip type tool and when I got it tightened "just right" it came loose by giving it a very hard twist...I tightened it back up by hand and in just 100 more miles I'll be at 600 miles and will change the oil and filter. I bought the tool at Harbor Freight some time ago for about eight dollars...It is a ViseGrip knock off made in China.
