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- 96 EB V6 OHV 4WD
Here is a good way to avoid a Mercon Bath when you drop the pan. Carefully remove the upper cooler line using backup wrenches. Slip a tube over the cooler line, stuff a rag or paper towel into the open radiator line to avoid a slight fluid loss. Let the tube into a clear bottle (the 3 liter poland spring ones are great, you can fill it until it reaches about the 3/4 mark without worrying about stressing the pump). Now there will be very little left in the pan, and you can slip under the truck and loosen the 18 bolts. Be sure to set the parking brake or chock wheels. Call me nuts but I like to slip jackstands under the truck even if its not jacked up. When the pan comes down there is little fluid left. Make sure you clean the pan well with brake fluid, then wash it down. The new filter should come with two rubber rings that must go on. Tighten up the new filter, put back the pan and check for leaks.
You can also use this trick to flush your trans. Fill the poland spring bottle 75% with mercon, refill another bottle to the same level with new Mercon V. Dump in the new...Rinse and Repeat. The 3 liter bottles assure you are not ever coming close to running your trans dry. They take about 30-40 secs to fill.
Nothing wrong with exchanging a few quarts every say third or 4th oil change.
You can also use this trick to flush your trans. Fill the poland spring bottle 75% with mercon, refill another bottle to the same level with new Mercon V. Dump in the new...Rinse and Repeat. The 3 liter bottles assure you are not ever coming close to running your trans dry. They take about 30-40 secs to fill.
Nothing wrong with exchanging a few quarts every say third or 4th oil change.