BIG LAW MAN said:
Well both of the oil changes I did myself using the former Vettewrench's equipment. I guess Ill have to use my own jack now!
How do you manage to get the car level so that all the oil drains from the pan? The LS6 (for that matter a lot of new GM cars) has a flat oil pan. See the following photo for the view underneath.
Notice that the oil drain plug is at the front of the pan. When the car is on Rhino ramps (which I have) the front of the pan is higher than the rear.
If you use jack stands and not ramps, where do you place the the jack and the jack stands? Do you put jack stands under all four corners? If so I'll send a photo of the rear underside and perhaps you can mark it showing where the jack points are located. The shop manual diagram is useless (too vague) for locating a safe jack point.
I used to change oil myself on my C4 cars, but they were easy to jack up and the pan was a traditional shape so that when the front was on jack stands all the oil drained from the pan.
I'd appreciate knowing how you do it because I would prefer to change the oil and filter myself.
Ray