Being an impoverished artist, I just cut mine open with my Gerber pocket knife. You can too. 8-) Jake On 5/7/07, Matt Roberds <mattroberds@cox.net> wrote: > > > From: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> > > Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 11:26:37 -0700 > > > > Another thing I've learned from my racecar motors is that cutting open > > your old oil filter and checking for metal specks is good practice. > > The airplane people do this as a regular thing. The tool is basically > like a giant tubing cutter - a little cutting wheel that you rotate > against the side of the filter - so you can get through the metal > without putting lots of additional metal bits into the filter. > > Like everything else associated with airplanes, it ain't cheap. > http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/to/oilfiltertools.html shows > various kinds. A local hot-rod shop may also carry this kind of tool. > > If you have access to a lathe with chuck jaws big enough to hold your > oil filter, you can also cut them open that way. > > Matt Roberds >
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