An Improvised Oil Filter Wrench
Last night I realized I needed to take a friend to the airport at 5:00 am this morning and my car (a '91 Cadilliac Fleetwood Brougham RWD 5.0L) needed an oil change. I was planning on changing the oil and had already purchased it and an oil filter at K-Mart.
So, late in the evening and after all of the local auto supply stores had closed I began changing the oil. I remembered to try loosing the oil filter first (I learned this after having once drained the oil, and was then unable to remove the filter..), and found the oil filter was on so tight I couldn't budge it even using my oil filter socket wrench. The oil filter socket is unfortunately all plastic and would have stripped before the filter would loosen. So I tried using one of those adjustable strap wrenches and it still wouldn't budge and was denting the filter.
So in desperation I wrapped about 4 feet of 5 mm braided nylon rope around the filter so that when I pulled on the end of the rope it loosened the filter and this (thank God) worked.
I hope this tip is helpful, Malcolm Keller Beyer III