First Oil change Miramar V10

The hardest part is actually getting the oil back into the engine....at least for me anyway. The fill port is very inconvenient to get to with a container of oil. So, I made up a funnel with a tube that I can put into the fill port and put the oil back in after dumping it. It also requires me to stand on a ladder to pour the oil and get it to run in. When going under to drain the oil, make sure you have some way to divert the oil to a drain pan. As said earlier, the plug is directly over the solid front axle and will make a mess if you don't have some way to get it to run into the pan. I find that fully extending the stabilizers gives the extra room to get a drain pan directly under the plug, resting on top of the axle. It also gives much more room to work on your back on a creeper. Removing the filter is no big deal. You can get the wrench as recommended, or you can use a pair of channel locks. It doesn't matter if you bend the filter housing...you're just going to throw the old one away after you drain the oil out, right? And the new filter should only be about a half turn beyond hand tight to avoid blowing out the gasket.

You can do it!!!