JeffsJeep04
10-19-2008, 13:38
Yikes...
So, didn't have much to do yesterday and wanted to go out bow hunting around 3ish, so I figured I'd catch up on some vehicular maintenance, and since I just got the truck I'd change the oil and see the general condition of things down below. Put the wife's trail blazer in the garage, got that one knocked out in about 45 minutes. Tinkered around a little more and pulled the K2500 in. It was getting to be noon, so we went down to the local bar and grill for some burgers.
Got started about 1:30. I crawled out from under the truck at 8:30 last night...still hadn't put a drop of oil back in.
Let me start by saying I'm not your typical shade tree mechanic. I'm not saying I'm god's gift to working on cars, but I paid my dues working at the local garage during highschool. I got ASE certified. Lets just say this wasn't my first oil change.
So, where'd we go wrong? Oil plug out, thick black oil out, oil plug in. Nothing out of the ordinary here. Went to take the oil filter off. Just as I figured, too tight to get by hand. Put the strap wrench on it. No dice. Got my channel lock pliers. You know, the ones with the 2 foot long handles on 'em. That should get it no problem. Nope, just crushed the can. Time for the old screwdriver trick. Hammered it through, got oil all over everything, and proceeded to nearly cut the oil filter in half. More channel locks, hammering, pry-baring, and cussing and still no filter off. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so out came the 3/4" drive socket set to take the whole dang adaptor housing off. Which meant the driveshaft had to come off.
Even with the ginormous socket wrench (handle is about 2.5' long), I couldn't get the bolt to budge, so I turned off the light and decided to let it sit for the night. Called up Dad to come help after church. We slipped a 6' pipe on the breaker bar and finally got it to budge between the two of us. With the oil filter in the vice, I grabbed the adaptor with the previously mentioned channel locks. Should come off no problem now, right? Wrong. The vice started to rotate. Loosened up the screw, straightened the vice out, and used a hammer to get the set good and tight. It took about 1/3 rotation before the filter started to finally let go, and a good rotation after that to get it off by hand.
What I want to know is what the HELL did the tech use to put this thing on? The PO always had it serviced at GM, and it was a delco filter. All I can guess is the moron used a strap wrench and forgot to lube the gasket on the filter. On the bright side, it looked like the adaptor was leaking a bit, so I was able to get some RTV on there and seal it up good. I'll get a picture of the filter, I might have to keep it around just for giggles :D
So, didn't have much to do yesterday and wanted to go out bow hunting around 3ish, so I figured I'd catch up on some vehicular maintenance, and since I just got the truck I'd change the oil and see the general condition of things down below. Put the wife's trail blazer in the garage, got that one knocked out in about 45 minutes. Tinkered around a little more and pulled the K2500 in. It was getting to be noon, so we went down to the local bar and grill for some burgers.
Got started about 1:30. I crawled out from under the truck at 8:30 last night...still hadn't put a drop of oil back in.
Let me start by saying I'm not your typical shade tree mechanic. I'm not saying I'm god's gift to working on cars, but I paid my dues working at the local garage during highschool. I got ASE certified. Lets just say this wasn't my first oil change.
So, where'd we go wrong? Oil plug out, thick black oil out, oil plug in. Nothing out of the ordinary here. Went to take the oil filter off. Just as I figured, too tight to get by hand. Put the strap wrench on it. No dice. Got my channel lock pliers. You know, the ones with the 2 foot long handles on 'em. That should get it no problem. Nope, just crushed the can. Time for the old screwdriver trick. Hammered it through, got oil all over everything, and proceeded to nearly cut the oil filter in half. More channel locks, hammering, pry-baring, and cussing and still no filter off. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so out came the 3/4" drive socket set to take the whole dang adaptor housing off. Which meant the driveshaft had to come off.
Even with the ginormous socket wrench (handle is about 2.5' long), I couldn't get the bolt to budge, so I turned off the light and decided to let it sit for the night. Called up Dad to come help after church. We slipped a 6' pipe on the breaker bar and finally got it to budge between the two of us. With the oil filter in the vice, I grabbed the adaptor with the previously mentioned channel locks. Should come off no problem now, right? Wrong. The vice started to rotate. Loosened up the screw, straightened the vice out, and used a hammer to get the set good and tight. It took about 1/3 rotation before the filter started to finally let go, and a good rotation after that to get it off by hand.
What I want to know is what the HELL did the tech use to put this thing on? The PO always had it serviced at GM, and it was a delco filter. All I can guess is the moron used a strap wrench and forgot to lube the gasket on the filter. On the bright side, it looked like the adaptor was leaking a bit, so I was able to get some RTV on there and seal it up good. I'll get a picture of the filter, I might have to keep it around just for giggles :D