DIY & Home Improvement

I had to buy an oil drain tube for the engine and thread it in last year. The mower is a John Deere, which has one of those "quick change" oil filters that claims you don't have to change the oil. Truth on this is by changing just the filter, you're only replacing about a 1/2 quart of oil. The engine's oil capacity is 2 quarts.

When I changed it last year and added the drain tube, I ended up cleaning the mower with engine degreaser because of how much oil was dumped over the frame and mower deck. Once the mower is out of warranty, I'm retrofitting the oil filter adapter to take a standard oil filter as the "quick change" filter runs about $50 each.