Come in and laugh at me.

[Squisher]

I spent a half an hour today trying to find the oil filter on my newly purchased '98 F150 4X4.

Slid under the front. Hmm, must really be up there.
Slid in from driver's side, no dice.
Slid in passenger side, not there.
Get out step stool and peer down from inside the engine compartment, front, left, right, huh? WTF!
Go down into my basement and pull out newly purchased factory shop manuals. Five minutes later find the thing is on the front left and seems to have two short tubes running from it. Huh.
Back outside. Find the tubes and follow them through the frame rail.
Filter is behind the bumper on the front driver's side. I could bend over and touch it without even laying down. *Smacks forehead*

 

[DivideBYZero]

lol@u

 

[CptCrunch]

rofl, it took me a good 10 minutes to find it on my friend's 97 expedition, then i saw it and did the same thing *smack forehead*

 

[steppinthrax]

Originally posted by: Squisher
I spent a half an hour today trying to find the oil filter on my newly purchased '98 F150 4X4.

Slid under the front. Hmm, must really be up there.
Slid in from driver's side, no dice.
Slid in passenger side, not there.
Get out step stool and peer down from inside the engine compartment, front, left, right, huh? WTF!
Go down into my basement and pull out newly purchased factory shop manuals. Five minutes later find the thing is on the front left and seems to have two short tubes running from it. Huh.
Back outside. Find the tubes and follow them through the frame rail.
Filter is behind the bumper on the front driver's side. I could bend over and touch it without even laying down. *Smacks forehead*

Kind of makes me feel like the day the Rear defroster wouldn't work in my Camry.

Checked the fuse, replaced the relay.
I then removed the molding on the rear window to check the electrical connections.
I took out my meter and checked the defroster lines.
I then broke down and removed my knee bolster and disconnected every electrical connection from my fuse box and checked everything out (took a whole day)
I removed the defroster switch and tested continutity.

Remember when I said I removed the molding around the rear window to check the electrical connections to the defroster lines. Well I didn't relize to remove the rear molding on the opposite side!!!!! The defroster line was disconnected there LOL. It took maybe 5 mins for me to remove the modling and reconnect it. I honestly don't know why the previous owner disconnected it but it's worked ever since.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I don't know how long I spent with a wrench trying to get the top nuts on my rear shocks off until I just used an air wrench to zip the bolts out. Turns out the nuts have these tabs that hit the frame rail to keep them from turning to make them easier to install/remove. Which is very good once you realize they're there and quit trying to turn the nut.

 

[franksta]

Is that the V6 motor? The filter on the 5.4L is really easy to reach, the 4.6L not so much, and I've never done any work on the 6-cylinder.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: franksta
Is that the V6 motor? The filter on the 5.4L is really easy to reach, the 4.6L not so much, and I've never done any work on the 6-cylinder.

It is the 4.6L, but maybe the OFF ROAD package put it remotely kinda like a dry sump oiler is off the engine. I guess you're saying all the 5.4L are like this?

EDIT - this might have something to do with whether it is a Romeo or Windsor engine. I think mine is a Romeo because the VIN has a W in it not a 6 (stupid isn't it?).

 

[Tiamat]

dOH!!

 

[Arkaign]

This reminds me of having to change 8 spark plugs on the 4 cylinder Rangers. It's like ... WTF ... WTF ... DOH!!!

 

[Raduque]

Just be glad you don't have the 5.4 4x4. The filter is located behind the driver side tire above the front pumpkin, right next to the frame rail - and near impossible to get to unless you have multi-jointed arms.

 

[overst33r]

I hate changing the oil on my car because of the filter location. Really difficult to get to unless you have arms like a chimpanzee.

 

[franksta]

Originally posted by: Squisher

Originally posted by: franksta
Is that the V6 motor? The filter on the 5.4L is really easy to reach, the 4.6L not so much, and I've never done any work on the 6-cylinder.

It is the 4.6L, but maybe the OFF ROAD package put it remotely kinda like a dry sump oiler is off the engine. I guess you're saying all the 5.4L are like this?

EDIT - this might have something to do with whether it is a Romeo or Windsor engine. I think mine is a Romeo because the VIN has a W in it not a 6 (stupid isn't it?).

That may be it. Mine is the 4.6L Windsor and it's mounted vertically near the oil pan. However, mine does not have the off road package which might also explain it. The only 5.4L I've worked with was in my mother's Expedition and the filter was mounted similarly to yours if I remember correctly. Although it was a 4x4 too.

Where do the tubes connect to the motor? They may install a remote mount kit from the factory on the 4x4 vehicles for a little extra protection.

 

[mooseracing]

Nearly any vehicle you can put a remote kit on. I did it on my t-bird as it has the 4.6 and it is a huge PITA to change, now its in the bumper as well.

On my truck I ended up putting a 45 degree connector on the block so the oil filter pointed differently and allowed me to run a larger one.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: franksta

Originally posted by: Squisher

Originally posted by: franksta
Is that the V6 motor? The filter on the 5.4L is really easy to reach, the 4.6L not so much, and I've never done any work on the 6-cylinder.

It is the 4.6L, but maybe the OFF ROAD package put it remotely kinda like a dry sump oiler is off the engine. I guess you're saying all the 5.4L are like this?

EDIT - this might have something to do with whether it is a Romeo or Windsor engine. I think mine is a Romeo because the VIN has a W in it not a 6 (stupid isn't it?).

That may be it. Mine is the 4.6L Windsor and it's mounted vertically near the oil pan. However, mine does not have the off road package which might also explain it. The only 5.4L I've worked with was in my mother's Expedition and the filter was mounted similarly to yours if I remember correctly. Although it was a 4x4 too.

Where do the tubes connect to the motor? They may install a remote mount kit from the factory on the 4x4 vehicles for a little extra protection.

Right where a stock filter would be. One picture shows a filter next to the engine with the bottom of the filter pointing down another shows a small plate with the tubes running from it right at the same spot the filter would go. After the tubes go through the frame the filter now is mounted sideways.

 

[IronWing]

Reminds me of the time I offered to jump start an Audi.