[Supras] 7mGTE oil filter remval trick

[cthommes at adelphia.net]

Under RH headlight.  Very easy to plumb provided you don't have the stock airbox (especially in conjunction with a full flow cooler if you go that route) and very easy to access and change later.

-Craig

---- sprigmo1 <sprigmo1 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> I've never had a problem takin filters off either, but
> I am considering relocating the flter now that the
> motor is out.  What the general consensus on the
> placement.
> --- "Walker, Brian (Rich. Dist)"
> <Brian.Walker2 at VDOT.Virginia.gov> wrote:
> 
> > This is an interesting thread. I don't think removal
> > of the filter
> > neccesarily requires a tool, I think it's more the
> > small amount of space
> > doesn't allow the torque to remove by hand. I've
> > changed the same filter
> > on my Tacoma and other Toyotas countless times by
> > hand with mechanics
> > gloves. Really it's only supposed to be tightened
> > 3/4 turn once the
> > gasket makes contact.
> > 
> > The tool I use is a spring loaded filter socket that
> > holds tension
> > against the filter body in the counter clockwise
> > direction only (can
> > only be used to remove filter, not tighten) I've
> > never used a universal
> > on the end of the extension to it as it grips as
> > long as a portion is
> > around the filter shell.
> > I was thinking about using an adaptor that would
> > allow temp/psi sensor
> > installation but I believe the only ones available
> > use a smaller Toyota
> > filter. It also seems that if this were sandwhiched
> > between the filter
> > and block you'd have even less room to work with.
> > Anyone used a fitting
> > to do this?
> > 
> > The relocation kit would be nice but I'm not sure
> > installing with the
> > engine in place would be a reasonable task.
> > Brian W 
> > 
> > From: supras-bounces at supras.com
> > [mailto:supras-bounces at supras.com] On
> > Behalf
> > Of berniek at technicaldevelop.com
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:22 AM
> > To: Supras at supras.com; Supras at supras.com
> > Subject: [Supras] 7mGTE oil filter remval trick
> > 
> >     Hand tightening of the better oil filters with
> > deeper section 
> > gaskets is more critical than with lower quality
> > filters.  The gasket 
> > expands significantly and "walks outboard" under
> > high pressure 
> > conditions and conseqently the filter can be hard to
> > remove.  I'm using 
> > Purolator Pure1 filters at the moment and ran into
> > this problem.  Steps 
> > were as follows.
> > 
> > 
> >     1.  The only way to get the filter off is with a
> > stamped steel 
> > "wrench" which fits the flutes at the the bottom of
> > the can.  In my 
> > (our) situation the filter wrench requies a 3/8
> > universal joint and a 
> > long extension.  Yet the wrench began to slip. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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