Drain Plug thread pitch
Post Fiend
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From: North of Salt Lake City
Make sure to get that on video when you do it!
More Turbo
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From: Rural Northern California
It didn't end well.
Posting Guru
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At least they accessible. On my 2014 Ram you pretty much had to access it thru the passenger wheelwell and turn it sideways to get it out. It looks like these drop straight down. I was also checking out the fuel filters last night. Both of them are more accessible than what Ram has.
Prolocutor
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From: Western MA
I use a long hole punch and pop a hole in the filter and let it drain. No mess really. I just let it drain into a pan until it's done, wipe it clean, and thread it off. Very easy oil and filter changes on the 6.7 for sure.
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This is how I do it.
Hotshot
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From: Wyoming
Cut the bottom out of a 1 gallon milk jug. Hold that under the filter while loosening it. It will catch all the oil that drips out from around the filter. When done, throw away the milk jug.
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From: Anahuac, TX
I haven't climbed under the truck to look and I'm still overseas but is the drain valve on the bottom of the pan or side? The reason I ask is if it's off the side I will purchase the 90 for the ez oil valve.
Cargo Master
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From: Wisconsin
Take an empty 2 liter bottle (soda) cut the top portion off and use the lower half of the bottle to slide over the loosened filter, as you unscrew the filter, the excess oil will over flow into the bottle, then once detached from the engine lower bottle into drain pan with filter still inside.
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Tuned
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You are joking, I know, but I do have one of those suction-type deals from Griot's. I use it on the lawn equipment and it works great. It only holds like six quarts though.