Funny day under the car. Jason was bringing his rice rocket over so we could remove one of those fart cans off the exhaust and install a stock catback exhaust system again. I figured I could get up and change the oil and filter before he got there with planty of time to spare.
Got her jacked up and drained, then found NAPA had sold me the wrong filter. Off to NAPA to exchange, and got her all back together. Dropped her down refilled the oil, then while dumping the used oil into an old antifreeze jug I discovered the pan plug gasket in the bottom of my catch pan!
Had to jack the old girl up again and quickly pull the plug, install the gasket, and reinstall the plug before too much new oil ran out! Good news was I lost so little oil that it didn't even change the level! Always an adventure, even with something simple!

 

I know what you mean, i once put a motor in a car forgetting to tighten up the flexplate and only remembered after everything was bolted and put back on the motor lol.

 

Ouch! That had to make you a little PO'd!
I actually was trying to figure out where I was going to drain the new oil, and what to drain it into, so I could install the plug and gasket again. Then I had one of those DUH moments when I realised I could probably pull the plug quick enough to install the gasket and not lose much oil!
I'd have felt pretty stupid waiting for it to all drain, only to pour it back in again! ;(

 

You think quicker than I do. I would have had it half drained before I decided to put the plug back in.

 

Probably not; I just got lucky this time! Even a blind pig finds an occasional acorn!

 

haha yeah that was quite the adventure to watch too its amazing how something can go wrong even with the simplest thing lol
the sad thing is we both didn't think of that until right before he put the gasket back on lol

 

Yeah! And you were letting me run around going nuts without even stopping me from wanting to drain the whole engine! Nice friend! lol

 

hahaha sad not one of us thought about just putting the gasket on quickly

 

 

Yep! My feelings exactly.