Originally Posted by
defensivetackle88
Doesn’t help that I’m tall with thick forearms.
DT88 - I'm built like Shrek. 6'2" and otherwise just like Shrek. I played college football too. I described the position I have to get into to get a grip on the filter somewhere in the forums, I don't recall the thread. And all I get out of it is about 1/8 of a turn or less, when it's tight. But you have 2 things working against you.
1. You haven't found the arm position yet, and 2. If it is the original oil filter, it might have been installed by King Kong and have 1,000 lb-ft of torque on it. You may have to get the cap wrench thing for the first time.
I can't remember the position so much but my grip on the filter is with my left hand, up under that radiator hose, seems like my face is near the top of the radiator, and it is a blind grip. And I sort of push down on my arm and twist at the wrist to create a counter-clockwise motion on the filter. Once it cracks backwards even a little bit, I might turn it a couple more times with my left hand, but then I can change my position to something more comfortable and spin it off. I spin it until it pukes oil, then I stop and let it drain for a while, while I recover from the pain on the bicep area of my left arm that something on the radiator was poking. Nothing has bled from the poking, but it felt like it was gonna.
I'm the type that I might get a scratch and bleed a bit from doing stuff like this, working on cars, but don't really do anything about it. One time at work, some hoity toity lady came up and was bothering me blabbering about something, I don't know, I wasn't listening. And she said, "that scratch on your arm is red and infected." And I said something like, "so what ... it'll get uninfected..." She seemed annoyed and walked away, which was all I wanted anyway. Anywho, I haven't bled on the Mirage ... yet.
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