Oil Pan/Filter Problems

[Sickinger]

This is not an emergency but here's the deal. I have been diligently tearing my 92 Laser 5 speed apart in the hopes of realizing the dream of one day having it running. Here is my latest setback.


I have to take off the head to fix damaged valves that the car created when it skipped timing. In order to do this, I have seen that I must drain fluids from the car. The jackass that owned the car before me apparently did not believe in maintenance because the oil bolt is stripped in a circle with nothing for a socket or wrench to grab. To make it even more interesting, the oil filter is literally rusted to the location it mounts to, with no hope of turning. I suck with a drill (I know I'd do more harm than good) and the gator grip sucks @$$. I know you all are pretty good at this type of thing, please share your creativity with me on how I can remedy these problems. Is my best move at this point, just to detach the oil pan and take it off, then back the screw out and replace it? Any information would help. Thanks folks.

-R-
DS

 

[Defiant]

There's scads of oil filter wrenches available, besides the one of driving a screwdriver through the thing, or a pipe wrench on the crimp.
See if you can find a Metrinch wrench for the drain plug, or try chasing it out with an air chisel with a pointed bit.

 

[turboholic]

-There's some stuborn bolt remover at Sears, they come in a set of 5(?), look like a serated socket., might want to heat up the bolt with a torch alittle but don't burn the oil.
-Try the screw driver trick like Defiant said, but put the screw driver toward the end of the oil filter so you won't damage the coupler which the oil filter is screw on to.

 

[92GSXman]

What about the trusty vice grips for the oil pan bolt?