Would this be any use??
Wouldn't mind one myself to be honest.
http://www.mobilfaction.com/
2 for $40
$12.95 shipping to UK, wonder if they would do a group buy lol
You know that isn't genuine? Whilst it may do the job - I'd be a tad cautious. The bit which screws into the bottom of the filter bowl is just plastic, whereas the genuine is brass. And the hose is clear pvc, whereas the genuine is like a silicone rubber. So it may melt if you try to use it whilst the oil is hot!
Yeah, I know it is'nt the same as the genuine one, but for me as a DIY mechanic and not using it day in day out, I feel it maybe of benefit to me without paying a fortune for a genuine one. However, if a genuine one pop's up at the correct price (please, anybody point me in the right direction) then I too would rather have the real macoy.
Fairy nuff. I understand your point on the DIY issue.
It's no difference between some peeps being happy with shyte Laser tools (speaking from painful experience from a number of their products), wheras others will have nothing but Snap-On in their tool boxes (and most of their stuff is grossly over-rated!).
Anyway, reading further on
www.MobilFaction.com/T40057.html, they state the plastic resin they use to cast the black bit with is heat resistant - but I'm still a tad concerned about the four plastic 'tags' which release the drain valve on the bottom of the filter housing
www.MobilFaction.com/photos.html - these
may be prone to snapping off.
Maybe you can be the fourm 'road tester'?