i tighten them by hand but on a FD there is NO room to unscrew it...

Neither did I. That is until I took out the A/C and P/S. Now oil changes and spark plug changes are a breeze. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif

well my old FC i took that out. swapping the engine is gonna be a few hour process and will be so easy https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

the regular mechanics tighten the piss out of them after they have had one fall off



mike

I dont tighten the piss out of them, just removal is alot easyer with the nut on top. + its white and matches my car! lol https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

fram is bad mmmkay



in one of the web site tests there was glue found on the clean side of the element in a fram when they took it apart, like a loose booger. **** that.

same here, tighten by hand, but getting off is the harder part.

Another word of advice stay away from WIX and Moroso



I had a Wix filter burst at a measly 70 psi oil pressure on the dyno once, and the moroso filter might as well be a coffee filter.

I cut all my filters open, I got me that nice tool. It looks like a huge can opener,but its anodized green https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.png I have seen never any thing like that in an oil filter. I can tell you what color rags you used while building your motor though https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif