Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Well guys,
Since I have 5,500 on the odometer, I figured I had better do an oil change. So I head to Cummins, picked up all the necessary goodies and head home to start the fun.
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So I crank up the Metallica on my shop radio AND my truck stereo and get to work. I drained the oil with no problem, as I was expecting an over-torqued drain plug. Piece of cake. Then I get to the oil filter...
I expected it to be tight from the factory, but this thing must have been put on there with an air gun with a filter attachment, and toqued to AT LEAST half a million ft-lb!!! For 30 minutes, I tried to muscle that ******* offa there, but to no avail. My oil filter wrenches were all too small, so I said "screw this" and decided to get out the big guns. So I march into my shop mumbling various things, most of which included "DC" and "%$#* @#%$!!!"
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I grab my 18" pipe wrench, and head back out to the garage. I open the thing up wide, then tighten the jaws on the filter, and PRESTO, it came off as smooth as can be...
So I put on a new filter, filled with the finest Cummins Premium Blue 15W-40, then I filled the crankcase with 10 quarts of too good stuff. Checked the dipstick, and the oil level was right in the middle of the "SAFE" mark.#ad
So other than the oil filter that was put on by Arnold Shwarzenegger, the oil change went great!#ad
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Evan A. Beck "NW PUNK"
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'01 2500HD 4x2 QC, 139" WB, 6-speed, ETH, SLT... yadda yadda yadda... K&N, 3" "PIPE BOMB", 6-way turn signal conversion, aux. backup lights, Line-X, Mopar rubber mats, Cummins badging, SPA Technique boost & pyro gauges. 5,250 miles since 4/26/00! Look for me on AOL as “Beck2500!”
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[This message has been edited by Evan A. Beck (edited 07-09-2000). ]
Since I have 5,500 on the odometer, I figured I had better do an oil change. So I head to Cummins, picked up all the necessary goodies and head home to start the fun.
#adSo I crank up the Metallica on my shop radio AND my truck stereo and get to work. I drained the oil with no problem, as I was expecting an over-torqued drain plug. Piece of cake. Then I get to the oil filter...
I expected it to be tight from the factory, but this thing must have been put on there with an air gun with a filter attachment, and toqued to AT LEAST half a million ft-lb!!! For 30 minutes, I tried to muscle that ******* offa there, but to no avail. My oil filter wrenches were all too small, so I said "screw this" and decided to get out the big guns. So I march into my shop mumbling various things, most of which included "DC" and "%$#* @#%$!!!"
#adI grab my 18" pipe wrench, and head back out to the garage. I open the thing up wide, then tighten the jaws on the filter, and PRESTO, it came off as smooth as can be...
So I put on a new filter, filled with the finest Cummins Premium Blue 15W-40, then I filled the crankcase with 10 quarts of too good stuff. Checked the dipstick, and the oil level was right in the middle of the "SAFE" mark.
#adSo other than the oil filter that was put on by Arnold Shwarzenegger, the oil change went great!
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<font color="#000080" size="2" face="Tahoma">
Evan A. Beck "NW PUNK"
Prez, NW BOMBers
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<font color="#800040" size="2" face="Tahoma">
'01 2500HD 4x2 QC, 139" WB, 6-speed, ETH, SLT... yadda yadda yadda... K&N, 3" "PIPE BOMB", 6-way turn signal conversion, aux. backup lights, Line-X, Mopar rubber mats, Cummins badging, SPA Technique boost & pyro gauges. 5,250 miles since 4/26/00! Look for me on AOL as “Beck2500!”
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[This message has been edited by Evan A. Beck (edited 07-09-2000). ]
