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GlennLever
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Aug 17, 2015

My first DIY oil change on an engine this size.

I'm going to start to do my own oil changes. Cummins 6CTA, Ref # 53-34874-004 engine # 45358278, model C8.3-325 Called Fumoto drain valves in California, they do not sell to the public, they ref...
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GlennLever
Explorer
Aug 23, 2015
jwmII wrote:
Go to Lowes, home Depot, or a farm store and get a galvanized 9 gallon metal wash tub and braze a 1/2" or 3/4" quarter turn ball valve in the bottom of the tub. This works much better than the run of the mill oil drain pan plus the drain valve allows the filling of quart or gallon containers for disposal. I would lose the Fumoto Valve.


Good idea, but just something else to store.

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