i use dawn. works great. just fill with water, and soap. run for till hot. drain. repeat. repeat. repeat. till all oil residue is gone. normally takes 3 times or so. i use this method at work also on the equipment.

 

DieselCrawler how much soap do you use? A whole botle , half bottle???? Sorry just a little bit concerned last thing i want is to do something stupid and damage my engine.

 

-Bump- I could use some info on that

And how did the oil cooler installation work out? Im gonna do my 89 Ford's pretty soon I think.

 

use enough soap to get the job done. doesnt need alot. 1/4 to 1/2 cup. and to much soap wont hurt anything, just make lots of sudds.

hardest part of doing a oil cooler job is getting the cooler off and back onto the engine. tight squeeze.

 

Chiltons manuals are pretty helpful, on some cases... And doing the oil cooler isn't that hard, I had to replace a freeze plug when I got my 86 and it was under the cooler... I didn't take the motor mounts off It was a PITA but with removing the motor mounts and fender well it is fairly simple

 

So when you remove the motor mounts, how is it you jack the motor up? And about how far do you need to lift it?

 

just remove the driverside one, place a 2x4 on a jack and push the engine up by the oil pan mounting flange. pick it up till hits firewall.

 

Gotta love simplicity.