Date:         Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:09:01 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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At 11:30 PM 7/20/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>Do I have to bite the bullet and just reach into the stream and hope to
>get the plug started before too darn much oil has sluiced down my
>sleeve, or is there a smarter way?

The trick, if you can call it that, is to hold your hand so that the
oil drains off your fingers instead of down your sleeve.  It's not
really a big deal.  A two paper towel job at most, more likely one.

The problem I see with all the proposed solutions except removing the
filter (vis a vis mess) is that afterwards you have  a piece of messy
gear to deal with.  And the small but noticeable amount of oil that
falls out when you remove the filter is harder to keep confined in my
experience than the flow from the drain hole.

Yours,
David