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On 25 May 2005 08:49:53 -0700, wrote:

Update:

I went ahead and removed the rear seat so I could get to the drain
plug and oil filter. With the seat removed (which wasn't hard to do)
there was actually alot of room between the bottom of the oil pan and
the hull. A regular oil pan didn't fit because of the V-shape of the
space but an old stainless steel dog dish fit perfectly with plenty of
room left for my arm and a crescent wrench. I laid on my back on the
floor perpendicular to the centerline of the boat. In that position, I
could easily reach out with my right arm and get the the drain plug. I
could reach the oil filter well enough but someone with shorter arms
than me might have a problem (I'm 6'1"). I pretty much had to get my
shoulder right up against the crankshaft pulley to reach it. The dish
wasn't big enough to hold 5 quarts so once the dish filled up, I put
the plug back in finger tight and them came back for the rest after
emptying the dish. A 1 gallon milk jub with the top cut off probably
would have worked just as well.

So what I have learned, at least on this boat, is not to screw around
with suction pumps or trying to "blow out" the oil. It's easy enough
to do it the old fashioned way.

Chris

Cool! Wish I could get to my drain plug as easily.

--
John H
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes (A true binary thinker!)