I changed my KJs oil today too. Everything was going against me, but I was determined to do the deed. Advance Auto Parts advertised an oil change special, a Purolator filter and five quarts of either Quaker State or Pennzoil motor oil for $14.99. And if you buy an air filter at the same time they give you $2.00 off that too. That would have made the parts store visit less than $20! So I go there and they don't have the air filter or 5 quarts of the 5W20 oil. Terriffic!
So I just get the oil filter and drive over to Wal Mart for the oil and there was an accident on the road going over there. I finally get over there and they had a good deal on 5 quarts of Pennzoil 5W20 so I grab a jug and walk over to the register where a line of people appeared out of no place.
On the way back home, the weather starts to look threatening, but since I went through all of this, I'm not giving up. I change my clothes and get out to the garage. The drain plug decided to put up quite a fight. After 20 minutes and five different kinds of wrenches and sockets, I convince it to come off. After all that fun, it was pretty much a walk in the park. The oil filter was easy as pie and the generously sized oil fill tube guzzled down the whole 5 quart jug double quick.
At first I was miffed because I done over 1,000 oil changes for myself, my family and my customers and yet after all that I still had to struggle with my KJ. But after I cleaned up I had to laugh because it was just so silly to be ticked off about it.
And to tell the truth, not having to jack the Jeep up to change the oil is one of my favorite things about them.
Done and done.