I just cut the stupid door bigger, and was carefull when cutting along frame
nott to cut the wire loom harness, I have lotsa room now to drop the filter.
And no mess. Some use a old 2 litter plastic pop bottle, leave cap on, cut
bottom out and loosin the filter , then slip bottle over filter and loosen
all the way off droping filter inside bottle, Thus no mess.
----- Original Message -----
From: Art DiRamio <ADiRamio@opensolutions.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:26 AM
Subject: DML: 4.7L oil change (humor?)
>
> First a question for the 4.7 Do It Yourself crowd - How do you get the oil
> filter out without spilling all over the frame and plastic? I guess I
need
> to fab some sort of foil/cardboard side type thing to direct the
inevitable
> overflow out the hole and into the tub.
>
> Now the funny part?
>
> Well, I had some extra time this weekend, and the Dak was due for an oil
> change. I figured what the heck. If the people working at Jiffy Lube can
> do it...
>
> Got on the creeper to roll under the truck, and it broke! Threw it out
and
> crawled under and took out the drain plug, being careful to place it on
the
> shelf in clean paper towels, drained the oil, even dropped an extra quart
> thru to clean any residual gunk out (thought I read that on a post
somewhere
> and it sounded like a good idea). So far so good. The tub I chose held
all
> the oil, didn't leak, I felt pretty good. I then had to find the oil
> filter. After searching, there is a round removable "door" in the plastic
> piece that runs from the bumper to a frame member. Took the door off and
> saw that the filter didn't line up with the hole, and prayed I wasn't
going
> to take an oil bath. It wasn't too bad, as only a few ounces oozed down
my
> arm and into the crack where the frame member meets the plastic piece
(this
> should be fun to clean up...). Changed out the filter and mopped up as
best
> as I could. When putting back the drain plug, it is best NOT to drop it
in
> the used oil. A long crescent wrench will be helpful to remove it when it
> falls in, despite your best efforts.
>
> Anyways, I felt good when it was done, and I know it won't take nearly as
> long next time.
>
> Art DiRamio
> '01 Patriot Blue QC Sport+ Auto HD 4X4
> 4.7L 3.55s Penda soft tonneau
> '97 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 1500
>
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