The last of the GM Iron Dukes used a gigantic pipe cap looking thing to cover the hole for the open element filter. It had a habit of cinching itself snug all by itself so I learned to tighten it just past finger tight. Whoever did the last change on my Celebrity before I bought it must not have learned this trick. To remove the stupid plug took two men and a 4ft cheater bar: probably close to 1000 ft-lbs. Those engines seemed to be pretty durable but boy did I hate doing oil changes on it. I often had to practically destroy the filter to get it out, chewing away at it with a pair of pliers.
Once upon a time the landscaping company I worked for loaned me an old 1988 diesel f350 to use for a month. I decided to do the oil change it needed myself and so bought the oil and filters. I saw that the truck gave me plenty of clearance to get my pan underneath so I didn't bother putting the truck up on ramps. What I failed to grasp was that a pickup truck's diesel engine holds a bit more oil than I was used to catching. I did have a 5 gallon bucket 50 feet away when I realized that my pan was not up to catching the gusher that came out when I removed the drain plug. However I didn't have enough clearance to get the bucket under the truck and so I lost many, many quarts of nasty, sooty into my gravel driveway.
Once upon a time the landscaping company I worked for loaned me an old 1988 diesel f350 to use for a month. I decided to do the oil change it needed myself and so bought the oil and filters. I saw that the truck gave me plenty of clearance to get my pan underneath so I didn't bother putting the truck up on ramps. What I failed to grasp was that a pickup truck's diesel engine holds a bit more oil than I was used to catching. I did have a 5 gallon bucket 50 feet away when I realized that my pan was not up to catching the gusher that came out when I removed the drain plug. However I didn't have enough clearance to get the bucket under the truck and so I lost many, many quarts of nasty, sooty into my gravel driveway.
