Re: 1st Oil Change That Hurts!!...Small Guys Too...

From: \ (dodgedakotaquadcab@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 28 2003 - 10:10:46 EST


Hey Ed,you arer a little s*it,arent you!
If you were like me,you could stay on the ground...
(I'm 6'6" w/size 16 feet)

Digger
--- Olznut@aol.com wrote:
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> Welp, having seen the stories here, me being the
> stubborn dude I am, and
> looking at 3500 miles on the odometer, I decided to
> give Big Red her first oil
> change, went with Mobil 1. I thought with my perfect
> fit filter wrench, 250lb
> frame with 16" arms, it wouldn't be much of a prob.
> Boy, was I wrong. My perfect
> fit wrench stripped the bottom of the filter, so it
> just spun. So I thought of
> a neat-o idea and put a rag inside the wrench for
> more bite. Well, that kinda
> worked, just when the wrench was starting to bust
> the filter loose, "WHAM",
> it slipped off. I looked up, and noticed some skin
> stuck to the crank pulley,
> mine!! Ok, now I'm pissed off, I'm not giving up. 30
> mins later, 2 more busted
> up knuckles, and lots of swearing, I finally got
> that sombeetch off.
> Everything else was a piece of cake, except that me
> being only 5'10", I had to get up
> onto the bumper to put the oil in. Minor issue
> considering what happened
> earlier............ I made sure that the filter will
> come off easy again. Btw, 7
> quarts Mobil 1 5W-30 and Mobil 1 M1-204 for the
> filter, $45 for the change. Also
> switched out the headlights and fogs to Sylvania
> Silver Stars, what a
> difference!!
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> Ed "Olznut" Halterman Sunland, Ca '03 Ram Laramie
> 2500 Quad Cab 4x4 Long Bed
> HEMI "Big Red" '66 Olds F-85 330 V-8, Intense Blue
> "Project Olds" Will Be
> Finished Sometime This Millenium!!
>

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