i never have any problem with it..... just put a 5 gallon bucket (4 1/2 drywall mud work better) under the pan with a piece of window screen over the top, remove plug and let fall.....once oil is drained, you can pick the plug up off the screen, clean, and put back in. easy and no mess.

other option would be to get a plug with a valve on it....

 

Just buy a drain valve to replace the plug, www.genosgarage.com offers several of these.
I prefer the stock plug myself but don't remove it, just a couple turns and it will drain completely with little mess.

A trick if you ever forget to put the sealing washer on the drain plug is to hook a vacuum cleaner up to the oil fill and block the blowby tube. You can then remove the plug and install the washer, no oil will come out the drain hole and none will suck into the vacuum cleaner. Beats draining the oil or trying to work fast with oil running down your arms.

As for filling, a funnel works great for me.

 

That sounds like quite the trick, Bill- I never would've thought of that.

 

Up until I read this thread I thought I knew almost everything. Now ...

 

yeah, move quick I loosen the plug and kind of keep pressure on it and you can tell when it is out and then move quick, . Just remember to have one of those open top oil catchers "the yellow one" and not the " black one ", some of us had to learn by trial and era and you can not stick the plug back in either.

 

I guess that why we all hang around this web site... We thought wrong or thought we knew it all...

 

I just hold the 5 gallon jug of oil straight armed over the hole in the valve cover and pour. Never made a mess and if you count to 147 [or was it 157] at a 33.6% angle...its simple and a good workout.

No need to even check the level as this is by far the most accurate way to refill.

As for draining, I just drill a hole in the pan and then fill it with a screw.

Once the pan is riddled with screws, I trade the truck for a new one.



Good tip about the jug!

Scotty