74/76mm x 15 Flutes

[Merkava_4]

What the heck is that all about ? Why 74/76 ? Why not one or the other ?

 

[dlundblad]

I have no idea how they came up with these numbers.

I just bought one for her car from a Volvo site that was a guaranteed fit and called it good.

 

[Farmer]

Its two sizes in one filter wrench kind of deal. Bigger one on the outside and the smaller one on the inside.

 

[Kira]

I too have an '02 Volvo and the times I've test fitted one of those "cup style" filter wrenches they seemed to want to cam off the filter thus requiring truly excessive force to keep in place.

I still just get my old style on it even if I can only nudge it 5 degrees at a time. Quickly enough I can spin it by hand.

I suppose there are some applications where I'll have to bite the bullet and buy one.....but I promise it'll be for reasons of access.