Getting ready to do my first change this week. I decided to go with the Valvomax valve. All stainless, no loose plastic retainer and US made by a veteran owned company. Really reasonable on Amazon, $26.03 w/tax and includes the hose kit. It shows up tomorrow.
I absolutely would have gone that route if I had know about it before I ordered the other ones.
If my skidplate gets that mashed up, I think I'll have plenty of other things to worry about already.
None issue for me. Didn't buy my ranger to off-road, bought it to pull my camper and carry stuff. Don't like getting oil all over everything pulling a plug. Or striping an expensive oil pan.
Agreed if you take out the valve you probably took out the pan too.
I tried that and the screws would back out at most 1 mm then snap back down. I even tried using some sticky tack material on the tip of my screw driver. No luck, with that either. I ended up having to pry them out. Even after they were out the screws resisted being pulled out of the housing clips. Had to hold the clip while pushing the screws out from underneath while turning them with a screwdriver.
I ordered the M12 x 1.75 with the plastic hose set. The only difference from the stainless hose is the hand knob that screws on to the valve is plastic instead of stainless. The valve itself is the same. Amazon may say it doesn't fit, Their fitment guide is terrible. I went to Valvomax's website and verified.
Got an even better deal, they sent me the stainless steel hose instead of the plastic. Now to change my oil.
Got a funnel?Well, got the oil changed not real bad job only a couple hiccups. Did verify my wanting the valve. When I removed the factory plug oil shot out and almost hit the passenger tire, needles to say it missed my pan and I now need to de-grease my driveway. Not going to happen next time!
Second learning point. I thought a I found the drain point for the filter trough ahead of and inside the driver side tire. Wrong it's behind the front tire. Another spot to clean on the driveway. Filter wasn't overly tight but the 3 jaw wrench made short work of that. Funny the OEM filter i not the same as the replacement. No issues with the clips. Found it easier to reinstall then with the screws removed and install the screws after the clips/pins were in place.
Next time will be a piece of cake now that the learning is done and the valve is in place.
By the way what is that plastic drain trough on the drivers side ahead of the axle for anyway?
