Nossa

I'm a new owner of a ford f150, went to go change my oil today and I can't seem to find the bolt to drain. What I do see though is a large covering that looks like a pan cover i once saw on a girlfriends honda, am I just looking in the wrong spot or am I in for a hell of a time changing my oil?

fordtrucknut

your doomed........ well you truck is with you working on it lol

it will look simliar to this

Nossa

I do see something similar to that, but I can't for the life of me see a drain plug. And right behind it, at least what i can get to without a jack is this:



which is the transmission cover, and right in front of it is what you linked. But like i said, for the life of me i can't find the drain plug, maybe its the angle im at and the fact i can't get that far under without a jack.

On an unrelated note, the transmission cover seems to be covered with some oil and grime, not all of it crusted up. Am I to assume that means my rear main seal is screwed? or is it just old tranny fluid?(its a brownish red...cant tell if its slightly used oil or really used tranny fluid) Cause the oil pan looked like it had a bit of fresh leak too(no spots or pools underneath and its been parked about a week).

BDavis94

Then just drop the pan of you can't find the plug.

bubbasdad

On my 96 it is on the side of the oil pan at the back and can be seen looking through the passenger wheel well. Hope that helps!!

Welder7018

Is it a v8? Or the 300 l6?

Nossa

Welder, its a v8. haven't had much chance to fiddle with it since I posted, ended up at work.

f150cam

take a picture of the underside of the engine and transmission.

Preston121068

It wont help us help you, we just like pictures!

f150cam

well alot of the stuff hes said has me confused lol, the "black cover" thing iv never heard of on these trucks. hopefully in the picture it will have the drain plug and we can help him, as for the transmission spots, i would like to know more what they look like.