74mm oil filter remover

[Funkyboy]

Looking to buy the oil filter remover seen few on Ebay for £4.99 and genuine Mercedes ones for £27. Anyone bought the cheaper ones?

 

[Craiglxviii]

I got mine for £12 off Amazon. You can use a chain wrench too.

 

[ajlsl600]

Think machine mart sell them as well. If yr doin ur own cheapo is fine. Trader buy the Benz one, tho frankly buying anything from dealers is an option of last resort for me

 

[Chrishazle]

I have 2 chain/friction type oil filter removal tools in my garage, always had problems trying to use them so bought a full set of different size proper socket-types in a case from a motor factor, cost less than £25 and did the job easily. Needed the different sizes as at that time I had 3 different cars to work on and a pit in my garage - don't play those games these days!

 

[Exp21]

I bought the Hazet on amazon for the om651 engine. I think it was £13

 

[keefysher]

Hammer and long screw driver??

 

[Blobcat]

Hammer and long screw driver??

Ideal until you find the replacement doesn’t fit...

 

[EmilysDad]

Ideal until you find the replacement doesn’t fit...

been there ..... and that was back in the days when I only had 1 car

 

[RhodieBill]

I presume this is what you are after: I got mine from Halfords as at the time I thought I had one so had no choice at the time. I think I paid £5.95 back then, many years ago.. Still only £7.99 now!
Works fine and used numerous times!!!

https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand.../laser-oil-filter-cup-wrench-76mm-696674.html

 

[EmilysDad]

I presume this is what you are after: I got mine from Halfords as at the time I thought I had one so had no choice at the time. I think I paid £5.95 back then, many years ago.. Still only £7.99 now!
Works fine and used numerous times!!!

https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand.../laser-oil-filter-cup-wrench-76mm-696674.html

I have a similar tool though there's one that fits & another that doesn't ...... guess which one I bought!

 

[Tony Dyson]

I bought the Halfords one as well, works a treat.

 

[Conor]

I have the Laser one linked to above.. it's a good job.

Interesting that @Chrishazle has had issue with the chain/grab type.. I never liked the look of them and feel vindicated now lol.

For anybody buying anything in Halfords.. I strongly recommend that you beg/borrow/steal/blag a trade card. You get discounts on nearly all motoring stuff. Sometimes small, sometimes significant. I find the Halfords branded stuff has good markdown.

Thankfully folk on here don't call them Halfrauds like a lot of online communities.. I find them to be a solid operation with mostly good/helpful staff. The stores are well stocked too.

I for one would be pretty gutted if we ended up losing them like a lot a lot of other bricks and mortar retailers.

 

[ajlsl600]

I have a similar tool though there's one that fits & another that doesn't ...... guess which one I bought!

Same! And a week later 200 miles from a hafrauds, replaced next time in uk thru machinemart. Now I keep a list of such requirements for my 3 trips yrly into uk.

 

[peterws1957]

I have the Laser one linked to above.. it's a good job.

Interesting that @Chrishazle has had issue with the chain/grab type.. I never liked the look of them and feel vindicated now lol.

For anybody buying anything in Halfords.. I strongly recommend that you beg/borrow/steal/blag a trade card. You get discounts on nearly all motoring stuff. Sometimes small, sometimes significant. I find the Halfords branded stuff has good markdown.

Thankfully folk on here don't call them Halfrauds like a lot of online communities.. I find them to be a solid operation with mostly good/helpful staff. The stores are well stocked too.

I for one would be pretty gutted if we ended up losing them like a lot a lot of other bricks and mortar retailers.

I also support Halfords. The only thing I dislike is the fact that they sometimes put prices up massively on some stuff and then advertise a large reduction back to normal price. This could just be my local store of course. Trade cards get a massive discount as you say.

 

[EmilysDad]

I also support Halfords. The only thing I dislike is the fact that they sometimes put prices up massively on some stuff and then advertise a large reduction back to normal price. This could just be my local store of course. Trade cards get a massive discount as you say.

Halfords has generally become expensive over recent years

 

[peterws1957]

Halfords has generally become expensive over recent years

Not in my area. I suspect that a bit of area pricing does go on somehow.

 

[Tony Dyson]

'Horses for courses' Halfords are good for the everyday needs and carry budget and some better quality brands but fail on technical issues where they often claim otherwise. I don't know about the Pedal Bike department though they always appear to be busy?

 

[EmilysDad]

Not in my area. I suspect that a bit of area pricing does go on somehow.

are you in different Lancs than me?

 

[peterws1957]

are you in different Lancs than me?

I'm in a rough area - not a posh one like you.

 

[EmilysDad]

I'm in a rough area - not a posh one like you.

I wouldn't call Bury posh ..... but Dave Enty lives a few minutes walk away from me so that must make 2 of us in a 'posh' part of Lancs