Howdy,
my cub cadet LTX 1040 with Kohler 19hp racked up its first 50hours at the end of lawn mowing season last year.now before the spring its time to change it. Before draining the oil i tried to just crack the filter and then re-tighten it making sure it was able to get off. I have a pretty tight grip but I could not loosen it. So I get a filter wrench and that still didnt work. I tried other oil filter loosening tools and they also did not work. So i used my google-foo and tried some different methods.
I didnt have a belt so I used some rubber vacuum line and really gripped and nothing.
I didnt have string so I tried weed wacker line and tried that way to no prevail.
I went back to the oil filter wrench and really gave it some torque, which ultimately dented the can. I adjusted the wrench and that also dented the can. Urgggggghh.
So now I have a really dented can on all the possible mounting surfaces the wrench could possibly be on (at the bottom) - i did not try towards the top of the can (it sits vertical) but i can only imagine the same results would apply.
I am very frustrated and ready to give up and put it on my truck and let my trusted lawn mower mechanic tackle it. Is the screwdriver trick my last option? At this point I am not even confident that will work - it seems its just going to tear a whole in the filter.
Dumb on my part for it geting dented but I did not think it was on there THAT tight!
Thanks for your time.
my cub cadet LTX 1040 with Kohler 19hp racked up its first 50hours at the end of lawn mowing season last year.now before the spring its time to change it. Before draining the oil i tried to just crack the filter and then re-tighten it making sure it was able to get off. I have a pretty tight grip but I could not loosen it. So I get a filter wrench and that still didnt work. I tried other oil filter loosening tools and they also did not work. So i used my google-foo and tried some different methods.
I didnt have a belt so I used some rubber vacuum line and really gripped and nothing.
I didnt have string so I tried weed wacker line and tried that way to no prevail.
I went back to the oil filter wrench and really gave it some torque, which ultimately dented the can. I adjusted the wrench and that also dented the can. Urgggggghh.
So now I have a really dented can on all the possible mounting surfaces the wrench could possibly be on (at the bottom) - i did not try towards the top of the can (it sits vertical) but i can only imagine the same results would apply.
I am very frustrated and ready to give up and put it on my truck and let my trusted lawn mower mechanic tackle it. Is the screwdriver trick my last option? At this point I am not even confident that will work - it seems its just going to tear a whole in the filter.
Dumb on my part for it geting dented but I did not think it was on there THAT tight!
Thanks for your time.