Flamin Oil Filter!!!

gday cruza.
heat my friend, heat. if you havent punctured the filter, take the 4by for a good spin, getting the motor nice and warm, zip home and it should come off a lot easier.

rick.

Cruza

It must be on very very tight. I have used the screwdriver trick
before, usually works......

At a guess, Stilsens !!!!!

Cruza

ABW make a great filter tool, its a set of jaws that go over the bottom of the filter with a 3/8th drive attachment, just connect up extensions and uni joints untill you can get a rachet onto it. I borrowed this off my mechanic mate when the normal filter tool and the screwdriver method failed me on the HJ75. I reckon the main advantage is that you can get out into an open space and put some decent pressure on it.

Cruza,
This may sound a little long winded but if you can get hold of an old timing chain (duplex chain) then weld an old half inch drive socket onto the chain somewhere. When you've done this slip the chain over the filter, put an extension bar in the socket and then get eithe a "T" bar or a big ratchet and undo in the normal direction, sometimes even trying to tighten a minute amount might help loosen the thread off. This home made tool has never failed me yet in twenty odd years of use. thechain digs in and as you use more force the chain digs in deeper.
By the sounds of things you are getting to the point of no return, the filter may have been cross threaded, they aren't usually that tight even if they are overtightened.
Good luck could turn messy by the sounds of things. Keep the shiny side up

Are you sure your turning it the correct way??

Are you going counter clock wise looking from Top down or from the base of the filter up??

Its different...

Try the other way, if it is correct it will come off, if not it may also help by unseizing it.

YMMV

I have one of the 3 finger claws , they do work well on an
intact filter.
Sounds like a hammer and chisel will have to be used on the
base of the filter . If you can get at it that way.

Hammer and chisel works Cruza. Get a dint going then tap it counter clockwise looking from below.
Last ditch effort b4 removing the whole thing off the motor.
Andrew
ps sometimes high oil pressure does this on the hj60. Does your gauge sit on H?
Andrewwheredayathinkwer mike?

I go with the hammer and chisel but make sure it is a really blunt one and use it on the rolled lip on the bottom closest to the engine. They tend to get tighter as time goes on when I change mine I use one hand to sort of nip it up and they aint come loose ever and I'm not what you call young been doin it for years. The other is spark plugs they only need to be nipped as well.

Cruz,
The location of the oil filter on the 60 series was determined by Barsta-rds Incorporated. The previous posts have given you the good oil on removal methods but when you screw the new filter back on, 2/3 fill the new filter with oil and rub a smear of oil around the O ring. When doing the filter up, only tighten it up with moderate hand pressure only. Top the engine up to the right level and start the motor up and check for oil leaks arouind the filter and drain screw. Good LuckAl Symers

Thanks everyone for your help!

I ended up taking the whole bracket off the engine block. If you know your 2H motor, it really is very easy on these great motors! Then we cut the filter up with a ultra thin cutting blade and it has worked out fine. I wish people wouldn't overtighten the things though, there is really no need to bust your guts on it. This one was frozen in place, probably because the filter wasn't lubed up before installation.

The only trick was getting a proper gasket when putting it back on, this IS nessacary, even though the bloke at Autopro told me gasket goo would do. Re-doing the process 3 times was not fun. Next time I'll go straight for the proper gasket.