that filter thing is removed by unscrewing the bigger main top of the Res.

they can get really stuck on there. I use a giant channel lock pliers to
grab and turn them.
The whole res wants to twist off the bracket even ..
and they do get old and brittle from heat.

I might try this...
I'm thinking heat applied to the large screw cap ...
either warm it carefully with a heat gun ..
perhaps pour very hot water on it.

or ..remove the whole thing from the van ( the one hose that's clamped o
the bottom ..
those almost won't come off sometimes...
but working on it carefully off the van might help too.

I've never seen a screen just stuck in the res before, but I've sure
seen where it was super hard to get the main cap off, and without
breaking the brittle res.

Scott
On 12/27/2013 4:29 PM, Eric Caron wrote:
> Hi listers,
>
>          In mid October I dropped off my Vanagon for a maintenance visit.  I'm getting it back tomorrow.  Thanks to Dennis Haynes and a few others I had quite a list of things I wanted done.  I told the mechanic to take his time as I would not use the bus in the winter.  I won't say that next year as I wanted it back before the snow settled in!
>
> Anyway he told me he could not change the Power steering fluid filter because it would not come out of the reservoir.  He was afraid to try too hard in case the reservoir  might break.
>
> Can someone describe how this filter is removed.
>
> And, should I replace it now that the fluids have already been changed?
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto
>

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