Does anybody else here do this ....

[Richard Cranium]

... with a piece of cardboard when changing a big block oil filter?

 

[eldubb440]

yes......... since 1985

the old man was pissed when I stained the driveway

pretty sure the car was already an oily mess

 

[Runcharger]

Yes: I've done that for decades. It really saves the 300 wipes with a rag or paper towel that needs to be done before installing the new filter.

 

[RemCharger]

Always

 

[PlymCrazy]

I do the same myself.
Also for a couple of Chevy trucks I own so oil doesn't get on the front drive shaft and leave an oil spot in the driveway post oil change.
And a '93 GM V6 that I own as well. I do the cardboard trick with that one too. Oil filter is accessed via passenger front wheel well and the filter is located directly above the frame, draining directly onto it.

 

[chargervert]

Some one should have designed a catch shield with a handle on it for doing big block Mopar oil changes. The oil filter is in a tough spot,it's easy to change, but when carnage happens it's exposed. When Jack used to own my former A12 Super Bee, the harmonic balancer exploded into three pieces during launch at New England Dragway! It sheared off the lower radiator hose and oil filter, dumping the entire contents of the crankcase and radiator all over the starting line, shutting down the track for the rest of the day! They told him that it would be a good idea if he left before they announce that the track was shutting down.

 

[1967coronet]

Had a piece of tin bent to shape,
since we closed the shop I'm not sure we're it's at.
Have to make another.
Thanks RC .

 

[QuickBpBp]

I use a rag but I recently had to do that card board trick for a leaking water pipe that was up in between my floor joists to direct the pin hole flow into a bucket so it would not spray my air hockey table... Worked great.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Some one should have designed a catch shield with a handle on it for doing big block Mopar oil changes. The oil filter is in a tough spot,it's easy to change, but when carnage happens it's exposed. When Jack used to own my former A12 Super Bee, the harmonic balancer exploded into three pieces during launch at New England Dragway! It sheared off the lower radiator hose and oil filter, dumping the entire contents of the crankcase and radiator all over the starting line, shutting down the track for the rest of the day! They told him that it would be a good idea if he left before they announce that the track was shutting down.

I was there with Nate. It blew up when he was doing his burnout. It's a good thing I towed it rather than he drove it.

 

[T2R9]

I cut a U shape off a gallon mike jug. Works great and I can reuse it.

 

[YY1]

Our boy got me one of these a few years ago.

It works.

 

[YY1]

I've always thought that was one of the worst design flaws from Mopar.

Not many to speak of but that one's pretty big.

 

[QuickBpBp]

I've always thought that was one of the worst design flaws from Mopar.

Not many to speak of but that one's pretty big.

It seems every vehicle is like this and most built today are even worse!!

 

[hunt2elk]

My wife bought me a couple different sizes of those flexible funnels like YYI posted above. They work great for big block filter changes.

 

[moparmarks]

Our boy got me one of these a few years ago.

It works.

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I've used this for years. Works great.

 

[YY1]

Small block doesn't have this issue.

Sure, the filter can be overfull and drain when you take it off, but it drips straight down, not on top of anything.

 

[RemCharger]

I'd rather have the oilpump right where it is, than inside the pan
Thank you Willem Weertman!!
I'll take the filter where it is everyday and twice on Sunday!!

 

[Ron H]

Don’t relish changing the filter on my poly either, post-headers. I lay in a couple of plastic shopping bags over the header, access the filter through the inner fender opening to unscrew it, rest it on the header, then get back on top to remove at a slight tilt to get it out trying not to dump the oil still in the filter.

 

[Kern Dog]

Some one should have designed a catch shield with a handle on it for doing big block

The Dodge 4.7 had one. My 2002 Dodge had the 4.7 and I was impressed with it. The filter was in about the same place as the 440.

 

[toolmanmike]

Our boy got me one of these a few years ago.

It works.

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Boy I sold the crap out of those on the tool truck 10 years ago. Perfect for the guys working on small engines too. I think they quit making them. They were lead inside from what I understand.