Oil pan w/drain hole and magnetic drain plug

[jwight]

Don't know if this would be of any use to 450 owners but it's on eBay for $106:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MCC-S...QQcmdZViewItem

[spdickey]

Originally Posted by jwight

Don't know if this would be of any use to 450 owners but it's on eBay for $106:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MCC-S...QQcmdZViewItem

The 451 oil pan has a drain hole and plug.

[sisyphus]

Yes it does. But our friends with 450s may be interested it this! Good find and post jwight! Thanks for remembering the other lucky 450 owners!

[jwight]

Thanks - just happened across it while searching eBay for smart parts. Didn't realize you had to suck the oil out of the 450s to do an oil change.

[24-42]

Thank you for the post "jwight", It's what I would expect from a person of your stature.

[jwight]

Originally Posted by 24-42

... a person of your stature.

Hey, I'm not that short.

[ASmartMan]

Hey all

At first I too thought having to suck out the oil would bite (until I did it the first time)

I have a 18 inch long piece of 1/4 in SS tubing, attached to some 3/8 Tygon tubing. this goes to a special cap I made for my 1 gallon container bottles, a second hose goes to this cap with some more Tygon.
I connect the second hose to a Small Gast vacuum pump, I pull the dip stick, insert the SS tubing, turn on the pump and empty the oil pan with out ever bending down.
I then seal the 1 gallon bottle with a standard cap, put it aside and wait for recycle day.

Oil filter is just as easy, sitting (cross legged) I use my socket on a long extension (comes past the back bumper) and unscrew the cap, replace with new cartridge and o"ring. drop in just about 4 quarts on syn oil and I'm done,

OOHH and about the magnet I have 3 rear earth magnets zip tied around the plastic cartridge to catch things, but I have to agree a magnet at the very bottom of the oil pan would be the best..


ASM

[Old smart]

Without trying to home-devise all kinds of oil extraction devices for 450s, know that they are readily available through marine supply sources, e.g. http://www.westmarine.com. It very often happens that a marine engine is so installed that there is no access under it to drain engine oil (even though it may have a sump and drain plug). It is very common practice to extract used engine oil with a vacuum pump through the dip stick tube.

Re: smarts, well, my own sailboat auxiliary diesel is in fact derived from a MITSUBISHI K2AS forklift engine. Built like a sort of brick-constructed “out-building.”

[GHammerly]

Last couple of trips to Europe I noticed coin operated oil extraction machines outside of gas stations so you can do a quikie oil change, seams to be very common over there.

Gus

[lhoboy]

Originally Posted by ASmartMan

Hey all

At first I too thought having to suck out the oil would bite (until I did it the first time)

I just hate that first mouth full of oil though, don't you?