Ranger vs Tacoma - Ike Gauntlet

twodownzero wrote:
I'd much rather remove the inner fender than deal with what I had to do to change the filter on my 3.0L Vulcan in my Ranger. You'd either burn your hands from the top or spill oil all over everything from the bottom. Either way it was a mess. And the oil filter was sideways so you had to dry start the engine every time.

It sounds like the filter on the new Ranger will be sideways so you won't be able to pre fill it either.