Son, me and oil change woes

Kate wrote:
> Thought he ordered that service CD ....
He did. But we had trouble opening it Saturday until I remembered it
will only open under my sign-on (computer administrator).

Then, once it was open, there really was no reference to anything
specific. Best we could find was "drain oil."

I imagine because it is geared to professional mechanics, they feel
they don't need to address the "smaller issues."
t.

Mort Guffman wrote:
> On 26 Aug 2006 14:40:31 -0700, wrote:
>
> >You people helped so much with my son on changing out his broken car
> >seat, I'm back again.
> >
> >Today, we're doing an oil change. He insists he was told his 1998 V-6
> >mustang has two oil drain plugs, but crawling under there, all I see is
> >one plug. He admits that all he sees also, but swears there are
> >supposed to be two plugs.
> >
> >He says that is because a body support part is supposed to bisect the
> >pan and forced ford to put in plugs on each end of the pan. But we
> >don't see the supposed support part either.
> >
> >Admittedly, we don't have the car up on stands or anything, and even
> >though we are both thin, it's tough to get under there.
> >
> >And, while we have CD repair manual for some reason we are having
> >trouble getting it to open today.
> >
> >Is there just the one plug on this car?
> >Tina
>
> My 98 V8 has only one drain plug. I remember having older Mustangs
> with two (I think my 87 had two).
>
> You know, you can cause yourself untold grief by doing an oil change
> wrong. That's why I do my own, but you may want to just have it done
> at a shop.
>
> On my 87 a Goodyear shop broke the threads on the oil pan. I was never
> able to determine if it was a faulty oil pan or they over-tightened.
> That cost me a lot of money. I used those rubber plugs for years till
> I couldn't stand the slow leak anymore and got the pan replaced.
>
> On my 98 the Ford Dealer forgot to put the dipstick back in the tube.
> They left it laying on the engine, so when they closed the hood the
> plastic T-handle broke. I had to go back twice to get it replaced.
> Once to prove what they had done, a second time to pick up the part.
>
> The same dealer sent me off another time a quart low. I had to drive
> back and get my 6th quart. They didn't know that Cobras held 6 quarts.
>
> Mort


A shop started my car with no oil in it.

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:15:07 -0500, "Kate"
> wrote:

The 5.0 has two drain plugs, don't think a V6 does....


:>Thought he ordered that service CD ....
:>??
:>
:>Kate
:>
> wrote in message
roups.com...
:>> You people helped so much with my son on changing out his broken car
:>> seat, I'm back again.
:>>
:>> Today, we're doing an oil change. He insists he was told his 1998 V-6
:>> mustang has two oil drain plugs, but crawling under there, all I see is
:>> one plug. He admits that all he sees also, but swears there are
:>> supposed to be two plugs.
:>>
:>> He says that is because a body support part is supposed to bisect the
:>> pan and forced ford to put in plugs on each end of the pan. But we
:>> don't see the supposed support part either.
:>>
:>> Admittedly, we don't have the car up on stands or anything, and even
:>> though we are both thin, it's tough to get under there.
:>>
:>> And, while we have CD repair manual for some reason we are having
:>> trouble getting it to open today.
:>>
:>> Is there just the one plug on this car?
:>> Tina
:>>
:>