Re: Changing my own oil??
The way I change my oil...
When I built my motor I installed a drain hose on the oil pan. I have a 10 qt pan. I had the local hydraulic shop install fittings to match my oil pan drain hole to a 3/8 hydraulic hose. I had to bush down from a 12 an fitting on the pan to 3/8 pipe thrd. I then slide this hose through the bilge drain when I want to drain my oil.
So I come home from the river, back boat into garage, slide drain hose through bilge drain, unthread cap off hose, stick hose end in 5 gallon bucket lined with heavy trash bag, Turn TV on, walk to frig get beer, sit on stool, drink beer while engine oil drains & bs with neighbor, go back to frig get beer for neighbor, 6 beers later when neighbor leaves grab welding gloves, unscrew oil filter from transom. (remote filter, learned long ago to get the filter out from under the motor) Gotta work smarter not harder here!!! Time invested minus neighbor about 10 minutes and no messes.....