One night back in the mid '70's, this adult lady that I knew asked if I could change the oil in one of her girlfriends cars. I worked at a gas station at nights after school and asked the owner if I could barrow a bay, do her a favor, bill her for parts. Hey, it was a one timer, I wasn't a mechanic, he trusted me, didn't want any liability, and told me ok. It was Pontiac's version of the Chevy Vega, think called an Astra. She pulled in, that little four cylinder aluminum engine was smokin' hot, and I was getting burned to death just leaning over it before getting to the oil filter, and she was in a hurry. The car was a couple three years old, and the filter was original. Needs oil? Add it and fill the tank, get on with life. The seal had become a permanent part of the pad on the block. It so didn't budge that I ended up ripping the canister and guts of the filter off of its base that was so stuck, that I had to use a chisle, going around the edge of the base, tapping into the base to create an edge, then angle the chisle to tap it loose. It took forever. Forever. But, I got it. She didn't even pay me. She paid for the new oil and new filter, but not me a penny for me, the 16 year-old going on 20 that would have been happy with a hug and a kiss, but didn't even get that, and looking back, thats probably the only reason that I did it, and was all I was probably looking for in return. From memory, that was the oldest filter I ever encountered. The original filter on the car, a couple few years old, welded to the aluminum pad.
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