Oil Change

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Oil Change

Postby Shadowcaster » Wed Feb 28, 2018 1:43 pm

1. Go to O'Reilly's auto parts. Write a $50 check for oil, filter, oil lift (aka kitty litter), hand cleaner and scented tree.
2. Dump old oil from last oil change in back yard.
3. Open a beer and drink it. Jack car up. Look for jack stands.
4. Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
5. In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
6. Place drain pan under engine.
7. Look for 9/16 box end wrench. Give up and use crescent wrench.
8. Round off drain plug hex with crescent wrench.
9. Unscrew drain plug with vice grips.
10. Drop drain plug in pan, splashing hot oil on you.
11. Clean up using hand cleaner. Have another beer while oil is draining.
12. Look for oil filter wrench.
13. Give up. Poke oil filter with phillips screwdriver and twist it off.
14. Drop oil filter in full oil pan. Clean up a big splash.
15. Beer. Buddy shows up. Finish case with him.
16. Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.
17. Throw oil lift (aka kitty litter) on oil spilled during step 16.
18. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
19. Walk to 7-11, Buy beer.
20. Apply thin coat of clean oil to filter gasket. Install oil filter.
21. Remove oil filler cap. Drop it down there somewhere.
22. Dump quart of fresh oil into engine. Remember drain plug (step 10).
23. Feel around in full drain pan to find drain plug.
24. Clean dirty black oil from hands (step 23).
25. Install drain plug. Stay out of fresh oil on the floor.
26. Slip with crescent wrench and bang knuckles on frame.
27. Bang head on same frame in reaction. Begin cussing fit. Throw wrench.
28. Hit Miss December 1992 with wrench. Cuss additional 10 minutes.
29. Clean up. Apply Band-Aid to knuckle.
30. Beer. Dump in remaining 4 quarts of oil.
31. Look for lost filler cap (step 21). Give up. Stuff old rag in hole.
32. Lower car from jack stands. Accidentally crush one jack stand.
33. Move car back. Throw oil lift (aka kitty litter) to spill (step 22).
34. Drive car to O'Reilly's. Buy new filler cap and one quart of oil.
35. Open hood in front of O'Reilly's. Remove rag (step 31).
36. Pour in oil. Install new filler cap. Check oil level on dipstick.
37. Go back in O'Reilly's. Buy another quart of oil and a filter wrench.
38. Crawl under car. Tighten oil filter. Burn arm on hot exhaust pipe.
39. Remove new oil filler cap and dump in another quart of oil.
40. Ignore the oil trail made going to O'Reilly's while driving back home.
41. Stop in front of the 7-11 when the old oil filler cap goes bouncing down the pavement. Stock up on beer while there since it's almost time for a spark plug change


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Re: Oil Change

Postby napamule » Wed Feb 28, 2018 3:03 pm

Being there - done that. I HAVE done all of that -I think it was 1961. Now I just buy the grade oil I want (5 qts) and take car to Walmart Service Center and get it all done for $9.99. Beer? No. No need. Not anymore!
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Re: Oil Change

Postby Anthindelahunt » Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:11 pm

Rich...That is truly the funniest thing I
have ever read.
I still have tears streaming down my face. :o
Especially the banging knuckles, head and
burning oil. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I am going to send this to my Brother in law.
Oh..I forgot about the swearing. :angry-screaming:

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Re: Oil Change

Postby Fozzer » Thu Mar 01, 2018 5:57 am

Wonderful stuff!..... :lol: ... :lol: ... :lol: ....!

A fantastic read, and a good-old chuckle!

.....Reminds me...It's coming up the time of the year when I do my annual oil change on my motorcycle and have to go through the usual hot oil, bleeding knuckles, exhaust burns, forgetting to put the drain plug back in BEFORE filling up with fresh oil, etc, etc, rigmarole!!

It's a good job so much excitement only comes around once per year!

Tappet clearances to check next!

...more bleeding knuckles... :roll: ....!

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Re: Oil Change

Postby Shadowcaster » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:52 pm

I thought this would strike a cord with some of you, brings back happy memories :think: :o of my Land Rover owning days. :D

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Re: Oil Change

Postby H » Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:48 pm

I've had to retrieve the plug from the drain pan, as fast as I could, while the oil had begun pouring out and occasioned to bang a knuckle; I'd allow the engine to get warm but not hot so there was no concern for burns -- unlike a motorbike, a car's exhaust manifold and exhaust pipes are usually a safe distance from the oil pan. What you've reminded me of, however, was the procedure of someone I knew while in the USAF. Please don't try this yourself. Even before federal legislation, it was unlawful in many communities to intentionally dump oil on the ground. This particular fellow drove to an unpopulated area, pulled over, unscrewed the oil pan plug, quickly got up with plug in hand and drove home. He then put the plug back in place and poured in some new oil....

and we wonder why we have laws in the books that should have been unnecessary...



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Re: Oil Change

Postby Fozzer » Fri Mar 02, 2018 7:39 am

H wrote:...... unlawful in many communities to intentionally dump oil on the ground. This particular fellow drove to an unpopulated area, pulled over, unscrewed the oil pan plug, quickly got up with plug in hand and drove home. He then put the plug back in place and poured in some new oil....



8-)


...Mr. Darwin was enjoying a day off on that occasion, so a replacement engine was not required...... :roll: ....!

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Re: Oil Change

Postby yancovitch » Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:52 am

ha...i had an old harley 45 once, and the drain plug on the transmission fell off......had to drive all the way home in first gear, and when i opened the transmission to look, many of the shafts and gears were melted....lucky the transmissions were separate on these bikes...just found another used one and popped it in..............
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Re: Oil Change

Postby Flying Trucker » Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:53 am

Well done Rich...the Old Girl said something about that sounds familiar... :lol:

Of course she had to be talking about one of Her Family Members... :doh: :naughty:
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Re: Oil Change

Postby Fozzer » Sun Mar 04, 2018 12:52 pm

yancovitch wrote:ha...i had an old harley 45 once, and the drain plug on the transmission fell off......had to drive all the way home in first gear, and when i opened the transmission to look, many of the shafts and gears were melted....lucky the transmissions were separate on these bikes...just found another used one and popped it in..............


I have quite a soft spot for those old Harley 750cc Side-valve "Flatheads" when simplicity was the order of the day.... :D ...!

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Still popular in Hill climbs and Races...>>> https://www.theraceofgentlemen.com/

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