My 2004.5 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 with Cummins is kind of tough for me-The filterhead is clear up and the LF corner of the engine, down and below the air cleaner box and tubing. To get at it from the top you must take the intake tract all apart, and to get it from the bottom you need a 4' long arm that's skinny so you can snake it up between the starter motor, wiring, etc and still manage to grip the filter. I have somewhat long arms and I still have to sit up with my head and neck pressed against the bottom side of the truck to reach it. I don't have skinny arms so that really cramps me down on room. And you have to be lying the right direction so that the crook in your arm can bend the proper way to get on it.
Getting a wrench in there is next to impossible as well--I had to get one of the orange deals that goes on the bottom of the filter and you can stick a socket or breaker bar, etc. into the bottom to crank it off. When I have to use it, I have to find every socket extension on the farm to get it long enough to reach way up in there, and then the orange piece invariably slips because I can't keep it suare with the bottom of the filter with all the extensions. The best part then it that the filter is full of oil and there is no way to snake your arm back out and keep it completely upright, so then the oil comes cascading back down your arm and all over you, so I slip something over the filter now to keep that from happening.
I use Mobil 1 filters now primarily because they seem to come off pretty easily on this truck.
My mom's Jeep Liberty 3.7 is no picnic either--I have a heck of a time getting the filter snug enough for my taste while hanging over the front of the engine compartment because I just can't get a good angle on the thing.
04 Chevy 2500 x4 w/ 6.0L gasser, and our TDI Jetta are the easiest, although I hate how the oil runs forever out of the filter mount on the Chevy.
Getting a wrench in there is next to impossible as well--I had to get one of the orange deals that goes on the bottom of the filter and you can stick a socket or breaker bar, etc. into the bottom to crank it off. When I have to use it, I have to find every socket extension on the farm to get it long enough to reach way up in there, and then the orange piece invariably slips because I can't keep it suare with the bottom of the filter with all the extensions. The best part then it that the filter is full of oil and there is no way to snake your arm back out and keep it completely upright, so then the oil comes cascading back down your arm and all over you, so I slip something over the filter now to keep that from happening.
I use Mobil 1 filters now primarily because they seem to come off pretty easily on this truck.
My mom's Jeep Liberty 3.7 is no picnic either--I have a heck of a time getting the filter snug enough for my taste while hanging over the front of the engine compartment because I just can't get a good angle on the thing.
04 Chevy 2500 x4 w/ 6.0L gasser, and our TDI Jetta are the easiest, although I hate how the oil runs forever out of the filter mount on the Chevy.
