05-05-2017, 11:25 AM
I actually love oil. I always ask my wife if the minivan drove 'better' (without telling her I changed it). She promptly asks sarcastically, "Why, did you change the oil?" Then says, "No." I've had good motorcycle oil change success, even doing them every 1,000 miles or so (I know, overkill) so my stories there are boring. Not so with cars/trucks.
I did the first oil change on my dad's new '77 Ford F100 (before they were F150) 4 barrel 460 c.i. as an 18 year old loaded with high school auto shop experience (ok, most book smart). After 5 quarts of Amoco LDO motor oil in the cardboard cans with the metal lids, I fired it up. My dad worked at the Rouge plant Henry Ford built so he got a discount and used the savings for all the bells and whistles. I watched the oil guage. No response. I shut it down after 15-20 seconds (remember, book smart). I saw a puddle emerging from under the truck on my dad's new cement driveway as I got out to check under the hood (not sure what I was expecting to see there except a dry oil stuck).
Long story short, the original rubber oil gasket from the old filter stuck to the motor. I did the oil change into the evening darkness (going to Braille mode to finish it up - no flashlight) and didn't see I had put a clean film of oil on the old oil gasket stuck to the motor. 5 more quarts of dad's favorite oil after removing the old gasket and I was good to go. Of course, I had 5 quarts of clean (no kitty litter involved) oil to clean up first before I could actually get under the truck to see where the oil came from. I has a flashlight by then.![[Image: db4162c462ff09a7deef37e362733c07.png]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201705/db4162c462ff09a7deef37e362733c07.png)
I did the first oil change on my dad's new '77 Ford F100 (before they were F150) 4 barrel 460 c.i. as an 18 year old loaded with high school auto shop experience (ok, most book smart). After 5 quarts of Amoco LDO motor oil in the cardboard cans with the metal lids, I fired it up. My dad worked at the Rouge plant Henry Ford built so he got a discount and used the savings for all the bells and whistles. I watched the oil guage. No response. I shut it down after 15-20 seconds (remember, book smart). I saw a puddle emerging from under the truck on my dad's new cement driveway as I got out to check under the hood (not sure what I was expecting to see there except a dry oil stuck).
Long story short, the original rubber oil gasket from the old filter stuck to the motor. I did the oil change into the evening darkness (going to Braille mode to finish it up - no flashlight) and didn't see I had put a clean film of oil on the old oil gasket stuck to the motor. 5 more quarts of dad's favorite oil after removing the old gasket and I was good to go. Of course, I had 5 quarts of clean (no kitty litter involved) oil to clean up first before I could actually get under the truck to see where the oil came from. I has a flashlight by then.