My first oil change...

[ryker725]

What a rude awakening. My procedure...

1. Let truck sit for 15 minutes to let the filters drain out.

2. Drain the rear plug first.

3. Drain the front plug.

4. Remove the front liquid locked filter cartridge and make a big mess on the driveway.

5. Repeat step 4 and double the mess.

6. Hollar at the wife for another roll of Bounty paper towels..

7. Spend 15 minutes wiping up as much of the mess as possible while the oil pan is still dripping.

8. Install new rubber gaskets and cartridge filters.

9. Re-install oil pan plugs.

10. Proceed to dump 6 gallons of oil into the engine (It showed a little above the full mark, so I assume this is safe). I mean what is the harm of a couple extra quarts..

11. Start truck and nearly panicked when it seemed like an eternity for the oil pressure to register. Finally got pressure after about 40 seconds...

12. Check for leaks - OK!

13. Backed up the truck so I could spend the next 1/2 hour degreasing my driveway.

14. Spent the next hour listening to my wife gripe about the mess, and how expensive the oil change was and how the deuce was a waste of money, blah, blah, blah.....

Does this sound like an average experience?

 

[zout]

NA - sounds like you pretty much have this situation by yourself

 

[srodocker]

my oil change will relativity smooth. i have to do one soon so we'll see about that one heheh

 

[zout]

Oh yeah - if you can take a sound video of your better half yelling as well - it has been over 12 hrs since I have heard that sound and I am getting withdrawls like she doesn't love me anymore

 

[Marlboro]

Haha Better luck next time... Let the truck sit longer next time, should be no oil in canisters after it sits a bit. Minus the mess the rest of the story may stay the same

 

[clinto]

Always do oil changes in a place where you will not be sad if you make a mess. I suggest the neighbor's backyard.

My girlfriend has 6 deuces. She is wonderful and most complaining comes out as "I can't buy more trucks because people keep bidding them up to stupid prices on GL".

My nickname for her is turbo complainer.



Also, let the oil drain for a few hours. I have found 15 minutes to be insufficient.

I always degrease and wash the engine so I can check for leaks afterward.

 

[ryker725]

Also, let the oil drain for a few hours. I have found 15 minutes to be insufficient.

I always degrease and wash the engine so I can check for leaks afterward.

I will definitely let her sit a lot longer next time. I will also put an old sheet of plywood under the truck just in case...

I plan on degreasing the engine as well this week when I have time..

 

[hole]

I do mine on the side yard in the dirt, it makes clean up a snap

 

[Crawdaddy]

I just changed the oil in mine, and came across some surprises. First, it's amazing to watch 5 gallons of oil empty out of an engine in under 60 seconds. Second, my deuce engine does NOT have the oil filter housing drain plug listed and shown in the TM. I searched for 10 minutes from all angles and could not find it. Third, I hadn't run the engine in a good 24 hours, so the oil cannisters were perfectly dry and I didn't spill a drop of oil from that.

Overall, I'd say changing the oil on the deuce is one of the easiest oil changes I've ever done. One more question, in my oil filter kits I got from Saturn, I got a large paper gasket that I couldn't figure out where it went. I think it's for a 5-ton, but I was hoping I didn't miss something. Thanks and thanks for the threadjack!

 

[Warthog]

I also like to leave it sitting overnight before removing the oil canisters. Alot less cleanup.

 

[scranch18121]

So I guess my oil change coming up will need to be done when the wife is out of town so the waaa, waaa, waaa, bla, bla, bla will not be part of list of components needed for a complete oil change.

 

[ryker725]

My filter kit also had a variety of gaskets. And the cartridges were approximately 1/2 longer than the old ones and the outer material was not metal like the ones that came out.

This was the set I ordered...

Filter Set Fuel & Oil (5 pcs) For M35A2, M54A2, FS01

 

[Crawdaddy]

Those oil filters look like the ones that came out of the deuce. The new ones I put in were metal cans. I don't see the gasket I got shown in those pictures. I'll take a pic of one of them tonight.

 

[Floridianson]

Dang 6 trucks want to trade her as I'm getting hard of hearing.

 

[Wildchild467]

there is a port by the oil filters that i guess was used to take oil samples from. This also can be used to drain the filters. when i changed my oil, i stuck my finger down inside where the oil filters go and there was some sludgy stuff in there. nothing real bad, but it may be worth trying to get that stuff out by draining the canisters that way. when i opened mine, it was clogged a little but it eventually came out. has any body else used that port to drain the canister filters?

 

[Flyingvan911]

I was busy and let my truck sit for 3 weeks before I put on my spin-on conversion kit. Not a drop of oil spilled. I do admit, you don't need to let it sit nearly that long. I think a day or two would be fine.

 

[big1096]

Mine sat for a little less than 24 hours before I changed it. Not a drop from the canisters, and the process was as smooth as silk! Which is more than I can say for the tire swap/ axle seals/ brake job....

 

[4x4 Forever]

Take mine out on the road for about an hour and then let it sit for an hour in the driveway. I usually get very little, if any spillage.

BTW, I do have plywood under her as she likes to 'leave her mark' anyway. This helps with any Uh-Ohs...

 

[rrrr]

let mine sit overnight for the oil filters to drain no problem then. Still a messy job.

 

[WeBeJeepin]

Y'all are really not making me want to change my oil this weekend