So I did an oil change on my tractor Friday and was just sitting down to order a new filter (I like to have them on hand in advance) for next time. They have stopped making mine and replaced it with another OEM filter (LS Tractor).
This would be no big deal, except I barely have room to get the filter wrench on the very end of the current filter. The replacement filter is shorter and fatter. I'm sure I'll be able to get it on, but I have no idea how I'm going to be able to grab it with any leverage when it's time to change it. I'm going to need to look for some different kind of filter wrench or just resign myself to having to stab that one with a screwdriver or something to get it off. It would be nice if it would have had a nut on the end so I could wrench it off, like my UTV filter has.
I just don't see the logic in changing the dimensions on the new one. It appears to end up being the same volume. Oh well - first world problems.