Howdy All,
Busy day today. Started with cutting down a 55 gallon oil drum to make an oil drain pan, if you make it 9 inches tall it will fit under the oil pan guard that runs under the oil pan that channel iron guard is in perfect alignment with the drain plug on the C15. So as I am gathering up the oil and filter, I start the engine let it run for 20 minuets. I push the drain pan under the engine poke a hole in the bottom of the oil filter and take the drain plug out, sure as poop the oil blasts out of the pan and right into the under the pan guard. Oil all over the place, after about five seconds the oil slows down to a flow that misses the guard and 99% of it goes into the drain pan.
So now it's oil filter time, when I had the oil changed at the local Freightliner dealer the last time they must have put that filter on with a cheater bar on the strap wrench. I did have to use a two foot long piece of pipe on my strap wrench to get it loose, thought the strap was going to break but it held.
Put in the new oil, installed the new filter, started the engine, 70psi oil pressure, no leaks at the filter or the drain plug. Tomorrows task will be changing the fuel filters, I wonder what delights that will bring to my day.
Dave