Thread: an ad on fleabay, probably could make one yourself

G'day All, Yes you certainly could make one yourself but why would U, IMHO it could spell disaster it it opened by driving over some type of debris, Nah I will keep my sump plugs insitu and he can have his invention PSB (poor silly bugger) cheers Dennis

I was reading an article about the RR V8. It noted that the sump plug was (a) RH thread and (b) ideally placed to drag when grounded and (c) to then come loose.

Apparently not uncommon.

Ron

Well it's cheaper than the Difflock.com option - http://www.difflock.com/cgi-bin/wm10...item_id=DF45_1


But I doubt if its easy not to spill a little bit

Anybody taken the simple move of slipping a plastic bag around the oil filter when undoing it?
I tried it the other day and caught ALL the spills in the bag - came away without a drop of oil on my hands!!
You simply loosen the filter with your wrench then slip the bag on, ensuring that it is pulled up all around, then just undo by hand. Didn't even need the old ice cream container that I used to use.

Not a bad Idea I guess, But if I was going to do it I wouldent worry about the tube, just have a cap on the end of the valve so then I can just unscrew the cap & crack the tap a little rather than all the oil missing the container and then all over the floor

As I need to change our oil every few weeks in our Disco this might be the way to go........

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Anybody taken the simple move of slipping a plastic bag around the oil filter when undoing it?
I tried it the other day and caught ALL the spills in the bag - came away without a drop of oil on my hands!!
You simply loosen the filter with your wrench then slip the bag on, ensuring that it is pulled up all around, then just undo by hand. Didn't even need the old ice cream container that I used to use.

What a great idea!
That has got to be cheapest, simplest, practical, innovative, functional, ....., thing I have never thought of.

And to complement the post, here's another version:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Land-Rover-Ra...QQcmdZViewItem

This was the first one I saw, and couldn't actually work out what it was, and why it was so expensive.
And I was very curious what a Ölablassvorrichtung was

I like the fleabay, no more oil dripping from the filter comment. Obviously doesn't know you can't stop that.
Must be a town car that doesn't see the rough!!!

john