Go get yourself an oil change "Pan" like the one below. I have used them for years I purchase them at Autozone the cost is 9.99 plus tax and it holds 15 quarts. Whats more you can go back to the Auto Zone you purchased the pan and oil from and they will take the old oil for recycling,

As for relocating the oil filter I have done this on older cars and trucks. If you have a car or truck with a hard to reach filter this is a great way to fix that problem. The kits are real easy to install you just have an adapter which screws on in place of the original filter is located and you have two hoses that come from this fitting to the remote filter. The hardest part of the conversion is finding a place to put it under the hood. I have seen some of them that where mounted out front behind the grill, combined with a external oil cooler. Below are some links to where you can purchase these kits you can see these kits are not expensive.

http://www.jegs.com/p/Ford+Racing/761162/10002/-1/10467
http://www.perma-cool.com/Catalog/Cat_page27.html


A Blitz brand 15 quart oil container. Available at Autozone.

 

I recently did my first oil change on my new to me 2006 f150 5.4. I thought the oil filter was very easy to get too and was really glade to see that ford left a hole in the skid plate for the oil to drain out. I always thought fords were one of the easier ones to do your own oil changes on. My friend has a 2006 5.3 chevy, he say's is a real pain in th ***** to change the oil.
Of course any job without the proper tools is gonna be a pain.

 

I just wad a bunch of old rags under the filter. After one or two changes, can pretty much figure out how to position them in order to catch everything.

 

I take a piece of card board box and make a funnel, or ramp of sorts for the oil to run down into the drain pan. when the initial oil has run off the filter and into the pan I grab the filter with a rag.. very minimal oil drops on the frame and ground.

 

I have the blitz oil pan and it may hold 15 qts but if you want to put the pug in the center, it only holds 12. My truck and van are 12qts together and I have to tip the pan in order to get all the oil into it to put the plug back in the center.
The freestar is easier to get a filter wrench on to it than the 5.4 in my truck. When I do take the filter out of my truck, I always have to tilt it to pull it through the gap. There is a small plastic tray built in already but the oil drips down across the differential cover when the filter is loosened. I don't know about my dad's 05 chevy but his 350 in his other truck is straight up and down and very easy to work with. Like somebody else said, engineers don't care about the outside of the enigine and what it akes to maintain the engine. They just want it to run.

 

my o8 is no problem but i dont like that idea of a nut on top of the fillter.just hand tighten it up.if you can open a screw top beer you should be able to hand tighten up a oil filter.or get youre girl friend to do it for you.just kidding.but i have never more than hand tighten a oil filer in my life,and i have had a few.

 

I NEVER put a wrench on an oil filter to put it on. Hand tight is perfect.

 

I couldn't agree more, but sometimes when you try to take them off, you need a little extra grip and that is when I will use the filter wrench. Never to put one on, only for removal.

 

All vehicles seem to have their own personalities. A trick I have learned and use is to flatten out the new filters box, bend it slightly to form a trough or gutter. Position this under the filter to direct the flow of oil into your oil drain pan. Then prey the filter doesn' slip in your hands. Continue trying to do your own work and learn from the experience. Follow the filters instructions for the tightening procedures. Good luck!

 

I only go a 1/4 turn past hand tight.