Stache wrote:
As a pilot/owner we are allowed to repair broken safety
wire, but are not allowed to cut it. So if someone were to ask if the
screen plug was cut you should answer it must have been broken. This
goes for the oil filter safety wire to. Sometimes rules don't make
sense, but rules are rules.

What the hell are you talking about? As an owner I am allowed to safety
the oil filter. If I look at it later and decide I don't like what I
see I'll cut it out of there and replace it.