I had to put an oil filter wrench on along with a 4 foot piece of pvc to get some good torque on it! pain in the @$$ it was to change that. Owell, she loves her new fluids

 

Takes me 30 seconds

You put it up between the cross memeber and fan.. pull down from there

 

yeah i think we all tied one of those^^^^^^^. Just doesn't do the trick for that first change ( at least in 30 seconds )

 

the original filter from the factory took one look at that puny toy and said "I ain't skeered"

 

Had the dealer do first oil change

 

Here is my story about my first oil change.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/en...e-my-life.html

 

I just hand tighten my oil filter. Once I can't turn it anymore it's tight. Same thing with the oil drain plug. Just turn it until it's snug, I never bother to torque it.

 

Hand tighten it or with a wrench?

 

Personally I hand tighten it as far as I can go then use the filter wrench to add 1/8 of a turn. This gives good gasket compression for a solid seal to the machined oil filter adapter surface.

 

twist on until the filter won't turn with just finger compression

then twist on about 1/2 turn more using wrench or hand


make sure to pretreat the rubber gasket with a thin layer of oil and to clean the seating surface on the engine off

 

Just hand tighten as far as I can get it. Never had a problem in the 63k I've owned the truck. And strangely enough it always tightens up between oil changes because I always have to use an oil filter wrench to get it off.

 

I have a 95 F150 with 5.8L. This is my first oil change on the truck since I have had it and the previous owner must haver really torqued it down. I have a filter wrench on it and as I was turning it I noticed the filter is not loosening, but whatever the filter attaches to is turning. I am not too much of a Mechanic but I know some.
It has a couple (looks like) coolant hoses attaching to it. It appears it broke lose. I am not concerned about getting the filter lose I will be able to get it with some channel locks, but am I causing any other issues with what is turning?

 

After ****ing around for an hour, I bought one of those filter wrenches like "1badstx" posted, then I took off my air intake snorkel, stood on a step stool, cause my truck was jacked up, and from the top worked that wrench on and pulled like all get out, mind you I am 6'1" and 335lbs and it was TIGHT and the genius engineer that configured the filter placement needs to have a motorcraft fl820s and the famous TPMS stuff (same guy I bet!) shoved up his **** for the most pi33 poor design of all time, period.

 

Whenever I put mine on I just tighten it by hand until I can't turn it anymore. Everytime I go to take it off though I always have to use a wrench.