Oil filter wrench size Part Deux

[D60]

Based upon caliper measurements I went looking for a 63mm 14fl (flute) cup wrench yesterday.

I came across an old thread from @The Critic in '11:

Oil Filter Wrench Size

I am trying to purchase a few oil filter caps so that I can service my Prius and my friend's new Civic. Well, I was hoping to purchase one that can service both cars... My understanding is that the Toyota cartridge filter requires a 64mm cap, preferably metal. CTA tools states in their...

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Assenmacher used to make one as model 5063. Per Assenmacher they've since discontinued this wrench and claim the replacement is the JAS6514 which, by their own specs, is a 65mm 14fl wrench.

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This is both per Assenmacher via email and if you search 5063 on their site it redirects you to the JAS6514.

I replied asking how 63mm is 65mm, but no response yet. Does anyone have experience with the JAS6514? Can it warp space/time reality to make 65mm act like 63mm?

Wondering what The Critic settled on?

 

[Kansas_Ron]

I have an AST TOY 640 which is 64mm with 14 flats. It works perfectly for the filter cap on a 2010 Corolla and for the filters on a 2000 Prizm. It would not work on my 2015 Civic. For the Civic I use a 65mm/14 flats cap wrench, which fits fine on a Fram TG7317.

 

[D60]

I've already got both versions of the MotivX for Toyota. The latter version at least claims to be 64.3mm. I find that oddly specific but I also doubt any other run-of-the-mill "64mm" would be less than that extra .3mm -- typically wrenches are a touch larger than nominal.

I'm seeking a 63mm and I did order a KTC on ebay yesterday, shipped from JP

I'm mostly intrigued by Assenmacher's claim that a 63mm tool is now replaced by 65mm -- esp when we know 64mm is also a thing.

It feels like needing a 13mm and someone says, "That's obsolete but please order our 14mm, it's close enough"

 

[Donald]

It's been awhile since I have bought an oil filter wrench. I am 70 so have been working on cars for 53 years and have bags of oil filter wrenches, a blow mold case of HF filter wrenches and all the oil filter wrenches my Dad had collected over his years. I use a strap wrench for my PSD oil filter.

 

[Timmastertech]

What is the application? The standard Toyota canister oil filter wrenches are my go to for most asian cars other than the ones that use a 67 or 68mm filter. I can say I dont own anything smaller than those

 

[PF52]

I have one that has spring-loaded "flutes" which grip to the filter regardless of the filter's size. I've yet to find a filter it won't work on.

Would that work in the OP's case?

 

[D60]

I have one that has spring-loaded "flutes" which grip to the filter regardless of the filter's size. I've yet to find a filter it won't work on.

Would that work in the OP's case?

Will this work for snugging a filter? For the sake of fantasy land --just humor me-- let's assume the filter cannot be sufficiently tightened "by hand".

 

[PF52]

Will this work for snugging a filter? For the sake of fantasy land --just humor me-- let's assume the filter cannot be sufficiently tightened "by hand".

Hmmmmm.... I'm not sure. Quite possibly it might only grip in one direction, IE, counter-clockwise.