Gen III oil filter wrench

[Jensent]

Has anyone used the KD Tools 65mm end cap wrench (KD-3253) on the Gen III oil filter cap? I have seen cautions about using the 65/67 combination wrenchs.
I have seen posts that claim a 64mm x 14flutes is necessary.
On other Toyota forums there are claims that the KD-3253 is the tool of choice. Are the Corolla, Tundra,and Camry the same size as the Prius GenIII ? One would think so.
What is your experience And what tool do you use?
Has anyone used the tool w/three fingers that tighten or loosen on the filter depending on which way it is turned. These come in various sizes and can work well on a very tight filter.
Bought Napa filters (same as WIX) for $4.14 OTD.

[a64pilot]

I ordered the 64mm wrench, but used a strap wrench before it came in. The strap wrench worked fine and didn't leave a mark on the housing. I would be hesitant to use the 65/67. I would first check availability and price of the housing. They may be in stock and cheap, or they may be made from unobtanium

On edit, the housing is plastic. I wouldn't use the three fingered wrench. It does in fact work really well on metal spin on filters as it crushes the filter and get's a good "bite". It might bust a tight plastic housing

[tumbleweed]

I changed my oil earlier this week and used my Wal-Mart el-cheapo plastic 65 (or so) mm wrench that always worked good on the canister filters used on my Gen2. The next day I ordered a 64 mm, part number TOY640, oil filter wrench and bought a 24 mm socket to fit on it.

The plastic one worked good to get the cap off but when I torqued it to 215 in lbs it turned enough that it jammed on the cap. I worked it off OK using a screw driver but I didn't want it to do that again.

[peirhead]

215lbs torque putting on your oil filter??? Am I missing something....I thought they went on just barely more than hand tight?

[LRKingII]

Originally Posted by peirhead

215lbs torque putting on your oil filter??? Am I missing something....I thought they went on just barely more than hand tight?

inch lbs not foot lbs

[windstrings]

This is the one I ended up buying.. .looks like made of good stuff and cheap.

[kaptmorgan]

How much is the toyota Part?

[Mark57]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

. . . or they may be made from unobtanium

Unobtanium needs to be added to the PriusChat list of official terms.

[tumbleweed]

Originally Posted by windstrings

This is the one I ended up buying.. .looks like made of good stuff and cheap.

I think you did better than I did. I paid twice that much including shipping. Then I found out it takes a 24mm socket so I had to spend $7 more for one of those. The ebay one looks like it takes a smaller socket.

[patsparks]

Originally Posted by Mark57

Unobtanium needs to be added to the PriusChat list of official terms.

from

Unobtainium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unobtainium

Unobtainium is a facetious term for an extremely rare, costly, or physically impossible material needed to fulfill a given design for a given application. The name is a portmanteau derived from unobtainable + -ium (the suffix for a number of chemical elements). Variations include unobtanium and unattainium, with the same meaning.
The properties of any particular "unobtainium" depend on the intended use. For example, a pulley made of unobtainium might be massless and frictionless. However, if used in a nuclear rocket, unobtainium would be light, strong at high temperatures, and resistant to radiation damage.
The name unobtainium also closely resembles the systematic element name for undiscovered elements that have an atomic number of 100-199. Like unobtainium, these all have 5 syllable names beginning with "un" and ending in "ium". The term was, however, in use long before the IUPAC systematic names.
Another largely synonymous term includes wishalloy,[1] although the sense is often subtly different in that a wishalloy usually doesn't exist at all, whereas unobtainium may merely be unavailable. The term handwavium usually is used to indicate a material that probably cannot even in principle be real.