cbxer55
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- Midwest City, Oklahoma
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 3.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
I've always been able to get mine out from the top as well. Usually warm the engine up, then let it sit for awhile though, or I'll burn my arm on the exhaust manifold trying to get the damn thing off. Never used the wheel well though, my arms are long enough I can just reach down past everything and pull it out the top.I have not tried the steering shaft thing. I usually unscrew them from the top and then pull the filter out through the wheel well, or try to knock it off that funnel.
That funnel would have been a nice idea on the Taurus, that's the reason Ranger 3.0s don't have the same starter issues the Tauruses do even though it is the same starter.
Not familiar with any funnel though. Mine doesn't appear to have one. So you're saying that oil from removing the filter causes starter issues? I don't even know where the started is on my Ranger, never had an issue with it.