That never works, that's what chain link vice grips are for!like oil filter strap wrench to prevent shocks turning when undoing the bottom nut.
The above was in reference to holding shocks, a chain wrench just chews through filters. Do you not have the special tool for the td5 filter? The one you have made looks the same design but is a different filter shape to what is on my td5Probably should have specified that its a TD5. Ball ache with a chain wrench, just enough room under the filter to get the old one out and the new one in.