Thoughts on the Deuce-inspired oil changing process after a first experience:
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* There are two oil drain plugs in the oil pan. DON'T head immediately for the obvious one near the nose of the truck. If you start with the one BEHIND the front axle you won't have the pressure of all 22 quarts pushing out at once. I did and the 1" spout neck of my huge funnel was quickly overwhelmed. Probably wouldn't have hurt to have actually HAD a five gallon bucket on hand to catch everything. (Thought I'd use the funnel to put a gallon into a milk jug - WRONG!)
* Give ample time for the oil to drain out of the filters before diving in to change them. (Longhunter & - thanks for the tip!) There was about an hour between "Engine Stop" and the filter change in my instance. Don't yet know about shorter intervals.
* The oil filter housings required a 7/8" socket, and the drain plugs were something strange like 15/16" (I'll need to check - it was nearly an inch)
* Plenty of newspaper on the ground is nice when doing this at a relative's house. Rubber gloves and glasses/safety goggles aren't bad either. (#$%^ five-year old rust falling in your face from arund the drain plug!)
* Hang out down there and discover all sorts of grease fittings and other things you'd never imagined from the world above - quite enlightening!
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Question for the forum:
Unlike DR and Bjorn I'll be pushing it to rack up a thousand miles a year. In a temperate clime like that of Virginia, how often should I change the oil with the truck in civilian hands?
Every two or three years? I can't really see doing it more often if Rotella T at Sam's is $40 a case.
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* There are two oil drain plugs in the oil pan. DON'T head immediately for the obvious one near the nose of the truck. If you start with the one BEHIND the front axle you won't have the pressure of all 22 quarts pushing out at once. I did and the 1" spout neck of my huge funnel was quickly overwhelmed. Probably wouldn't have hurt to have actually HAD a five gallon bucket on hand to catch everything. (Thought I'd use the funnel to put a gallon into a milk jug - WRONG!)
* Give ample time for the oil to drain out of the filters before diving in to change them. (Longhunter & - thanks for the tip!) There was about an hour between "Engine Stop" and the filter change in my instance. Don't yet know about shorter intervals.
* The oil filter housings required a 7/8" socket, and the drain plugs were something strange like 15/16" (I'll need to check - it was nearly an inch)
* Plenty of newspaper on the ground is nice when doing this at a relative's house. Rubber gloves and glasses/safety goggles aren't bad either. (#$%^ five-year old rust falling in your face from arund the drain plug!)
* Hang out down there and discover all sorts of grease fittings and other things you'd never imagined from the world above - quite enlightening!
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Question for the forum:
Unlike DR and Bjorn I'll be pushing it to rack up a thousand miles a year. In a temperate clime like that of Virginia, how often should I change the oil with the truck in civilian hands?
Every two or three years? I can't really see doing it more often if Rotella T at Sam's is $40 a case.
