It's tight, have used a friends 1/4" right angle drill with the filter housing removed. More often for me, the bolt rips off the element though. Once that happens, little work needs to be done to start the screws into the elements. The one in the picture with just a small amount of element is the hardest kind to get out. And with those, you have to start the screw so deep into the chamber that you risk damaging threads if you're not careful as you extract.
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Originally Posted by TMAllison
Curious what bit and drill combo clears the 3" of space between #6 and the oil filter housing and/or what you use if you first remove the filter? The angle immediately puts you up against the firewall if the drill/bit is more than ~8".
The other 5 are much easier and drilling and extraction methods have been improved in the last 5 years where its usually successful to drill, tap and pull them out of the hole.
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