Getting this weekend's thread started. We woke up to 33°F so I'm kind of dragging my heels
Ooh, ooh, ooh! Got pix? 5 mil plastic sheet, form-a-funnels, Pampers… they all work until they don’t, and oil change clean-up wins again.Reliving the absolute JOY in removing and cleaning the oil sump suction screen, especially getting the safety wire back in............
I do have a method of catching the oil as it comes out: a piece of 3/4 inch copper tubing with the end modified to sit under the keeper plug.
Yes please, we need pics of this better mouse trap! I pull the sump screen at every oil change and use a form-a-funnel, which works well most of the time like you said, and then it doesn’t, and I gotta clean up.Ooh, ooh, ooh! Got pix? 5 mil plastic sheet, form-a-funnels, Pampers… they all work until they don’t, and oil change clean-up wins again.
Safety wiring the plug…I hear ya, bro!
Pictures forthcoming! I need to get out to the hangar, then send the pictures to a friend so she can send them to my email. For some reason, I can't send them to myself!Yes please, we need pics of this better mouse trap! I pull the sump screen at every oil change and use a form-a-funnel, which works well most of the time like you said, and then it doesn’t, and I gotta clean up.
I will admit to one nice thing about a taildragger -8; it’s actually pretty roomy between the engine and firewall with easy access to the sump plug and an easy safety wire job, but the oil drip mess is hard to avoid.