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Two questions!
Same, on the mess. There's still so much oil in the system above the filter even after a seemingly full drain. Once the filter is off the fitting, it drops everywhere. I may try draping a towel or plastic sheet over the axle there, and just let it run down.
That sucks. I have 3 free oils changes from any Mopar dealership, thank goodness. For me, that will be 3 years, as little as I drive.
Awesome. So many questions. What lights did you go with and bracket. And of course how did you wire them . They look great
From the Mopar engineer's point if view, everything looks good on paper. They don't have to change the oil. That has always irritated me about these newer vehicles.
Where was it located
My first time out wasn't that great either but I have gotten a lot better each time wish the same for you.
Sometimes that ziplock bag trick works great. Other times the oil makes the bag too slick to continue turning the filter then the oil eventually ends up all over the place. I have considered poking a hole in the oil filter, catching the oil in a ziplock and then removing the filter once its all drained.
I got some cheap 4" LED lights off amazon, nilight is the brand. They come with brackets for the lights. To attach them to the truck I followed another member on here and used 3" exhaust clamps around the hitch tube. I left one side of the exhaust clamp threaded stud long so I could slide the light bracket on that. To wire it I used the Curt 56584 adapter with the 5 pin flat. The 5 pin connector has a blue wire that is the reverse light wire on 7 pin trailer plug. I then cut and sealed the 3 wires I didn't need from the 5 pin and wired the positive wire from the lights to the blue wire and the negative from the lights to the white wire on the 5 pin. This way when I shift into reverse it triggers the lights to turn on. I didn't have to splice into any factory wires and still have full use of my factory 7 & 4 pin trailer plugs.
I did the oil change with the ziplock bag, I put a punch in the bottom of the oil filter and pulled it out after the bag was on and let the punch fall into the bag. Once filter drained I put the second bag on and removed the filter I had very little spillage.
I think this is the way to go. Just get all of the oil out of the filter that you can prior to unscrewing it. Ill have to go that route next time.
there was a tsb or recall for the tailgate cables...notice how one is not under tension with the gate dropped? They will replace the cable.
Do you happen to have the part number for that. Looks like a more permanent solution than just clamping the hose.
I attached them just under the rail on the bed liner. An audio installer once told me to clean the area your going to attach it to with alcohol and then hit it with a heat gun or hairdryer just enough to warm up the glue. It's worked like a charm for my last 3 trucks. Works great with decals on dirt bike too.
Amazon, kinda blew my mind a little.... Another forum user originally posted the link so I can't take full credit. It can be done for less money, but this was the easy way. It's all funny money now anyways
Everyone is an entrepreneur. That is kind of funny to see someone call it a "kit" but for those not wanting to spend the time making their own it should work just fine.
