Oil Change HELP!!!!!!

[satchmo]

Arghh. Can't believe I'm asking for help on an oil change.

Ok, I removed the drain plug, then I removed the other drain plug infront of the oil filter. Then there are three screw caps that need to be removed in order to remove the filter cover and get at the filter.

Two of these came off without incident, the third one just keeps turning and turning. It must be stripped, but how the heck do I get it off?

Suggestions would be most welcome.

Satch

[Anonymous]

Here's a suggestion (2 actually)
Try grabbing the nut the a pair of vice grips and pulling on it as you unscrew it. Maybe you can get it to grab.
Or, get the the vice grips and try to crush the nut on the stud. Spray some PB Blaster on it, and hit it, dead on, with a hammer. Then try to unscrew the whole thing.

[Anonymous]

Alex, can you grab the recalcitrant nut with vice grips and pull back while turning?

[Anonymous]

recalcitrant nut

Claude told you to say that, right?

[Anonymous]

or slide a thin screwdriver under it and push up as you turn. The vice grip and this should do it. if the threds are shot on the stud, you may have to use a die on the stud and get a smaller cap/nut. Maybe you will be lucky and the cap is just buggered up.

[Anonymous]

recalcitrant nut

Claude told you to say that, right?

Yes, but he told me to say it about you, Andy. Of course, I am too much of a gentleman to consider such a thing.........

(still smarting because you beat me to the "vice grip" suggestion. )

[frosty5011]

Andy said:

Or, get the the vice grips and try to crush the nut on the stud.

Damn!!!!!.....That sounds painful. It sounds like something straight out of the Claude's House of Pain website.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but he told me to say it about you, Andy. Of course, I am too much of a gentleman to consider such a thing.........

No worries, it sometimes fits to tell the truth.

Andy said:

Or, get the the vice grips and try to crush the nut on the stud.

Damn!!!!!.....That sounds painful. It sounds like something straight out of the Claude's House of Pain website.

BWAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!! ROTFLMAO

[satchmo]

Thanks guys I'll give it a shot.

Satch

[Anonymous]

Andy said:

Or, get the the vice grips and try to crush the nut on the stud.

Damn!!!!!.....That sounds painful. It sounds like something straight out of the Claude's House of Pain website.

Claude is indeed a strange French fellow. :? Perchance, are you and Claude related?

[satchmo]

Alright, I tried the vice grips and the screwdrive pry, no go. This is the screw cap on the top right of the filter cover, akward positioning etc.

Are there any more tips short of the hammer jobby?

Satch

[Anonymous]

I don't mean for you to beat on the thing until it cries "Mercy". What I was suggesting with the hammer is to break loose any corrosion so it will be easier to turn out once you get the nut clamped on there.

[mdole]

If you have a dremel tool you can use a cutting disk to split the nut and get it off. After the nut is off you can evaluate the stud. You should have enough space to get a couple of nuts on the stud to try to pull it that way.

Just use the tool to make a cut on opposite side of the cap nut. Don't quite cut through into the threads and then take a pliers or vice grips and twist the nut (like your twisting in through the stud) until it splits.

Mike