I so wish this worked for me too. I tried that. I even took it to a shop today and they couldnt get it off. So 4 weeks of spraying it with PB and trying the 2 wrench way, then I tried spinning it by hand, then had a shop try and nothing worked. Im looking at the repair kit mentioned ^^. The first 20' from the filter could use some repair anyway from lovely Illinois rust. Im still open to ideas tho. Ill still give it another shot tho.