When I had my car and the filter was like that, I got a wrench at the local store that has a nylon strap that I just threw around the filter and fastened to the handle and it would tighten one way and loosen the other. Then I just took the end of the strap loose and it fell off. Never had to go on over the bottom of the filter. Then I finally got tired of the small filter and put on a remote unit so I could use a regular size filter.
Ron
