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Hey guys,
I have a Gravely mower that takes oil filter 49065 but can't find the correct fit wrench. I count 14 flutes and I measure either 74 or 75mm I think width. Does anyone know that uses this filter number????

Forgot to mention that the part number is for the Kawasaki engine - the part number is printed on the filter: 49065.

take the filter with you to your local flaps and match up a wrench if you want to use that style wrench.

Either you need to give us the complete filter pn or the engine model and spec numbers. There is the last four digits from the pn given.

But I am thinking it is the 49065-0721 (7007) filter which takes a 76mm/14 flute.

I use this type- I have two sizes. If you only want to buy one for all sizes, the yellow one works.

I use the 3 jaw version shown above. It works real well on those tight filters that just won't turn.
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clubairth said:

I use the 3 jaw version shown above. It works real well on those tight filters that just won't turn.
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But can you torque the filter back to specs without damaging them?

I ONLY install oil filters by hand!

Snug then another 1/2-3/4 turns. I have had my fill of idiots that tighten the filters so tight I have to deform the metal can to get them off. Oil filters just don't need all that force!
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clubairth said:

I ONLY install oil filters by hand!

Snug then another 1/2-3/4 turns. I have had my fill of idiots that tighten the filters so tight I have to deform the metal can to get them off. Oil filters just don't need all that force!
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Then you haven't the problem that Briggs is having with them loosening after hand tightening. I personally have seen them to come loose here with 1 full turn which is why Briggs spec'd tightening to 100 in lbs.

Most stuck filters is where the seal wasn't lubed prior to installation.

StarTech said:

But can you torque the filter back to specs without damaging them?

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Never torque a filter, good-n-tight works great.

clubairth said:

I ONLY install oil filters by hand!

Snug then another 1/2-3/4 turns. I have had my fill of idiots that tighten the filters so tight I have to deform the metal can to get them off. Oil filters just don't need all that force!
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Are you saying that tightening an oil filter ISN'T a contest?

clubairth said:

I ONLY install oil filters by hand!

Snug then another 1/2-3/4 turns. I have had my fill of idiots that tighten the filters so tight I have to deform the metal can to get them off. Oil filters just don't need all that force!
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Like you I have only ever tightened filters by hand and feel whether it be a lawn and garden application or automotive. Never a problem with leakage/loosening. But then I read the post that followed yours about using a torque wrench to install the filter. Crazy stuff B & S.

I used to work as a boat mechanic and one day, a ski boat came in for an oil change. I asked when it was changed the last time and the customer said "Well, that's the thing....". Three years. Then, when his son tried to remove the Fram filter with a screwdriver, he shredded it. To be fair, the top of the filter was more than an inch below the floor of the boat and there wasn't much space between the engine and edge of the floor as it dropped into the bilge.

I tried all of my tools without success and then, one by one, a MAC, Cornwell and Matco driver showed up, offering some of their filter wrenches and none of them worked. I decided to give up for the day and that night, I had a dream about this and solved the problem.

Car, truck, boat, tractor, whatever- if the filter doesn't want to come out and the can has been destroyed, stick the ends of a needle nose pliers into the holes in the filter's base plate and use an adjustable wrench to turn it.

I've changed oil filters on lawn tractors, farm tractors, automobiles, boats, semi-trucks for 60 years and have never used a tool to install any filters. Now, I have had to use one to remove a few, that some clown either over tighten (probably used a tool) during install or never lubed the rubber seal. Hand tightened them until snug, then give it another 3/4 turn = done!