gary wrote:
> Hi Ted, yes I see your contribution on page 4. I noted your writing on
> pushing the filter hard to snap it in place. I did not know how hard I
> should push as it was willing to stay there with some friction from the O
> ring. Many might have left it like that. You said to push it hard so I did
> and it snapped into place. My Hayes manual was very vague on that. In fact
> they did not mention an O ring like you did. Thank you for that - as when
> the old filter dropped into my oil pan I had a look at it - no O ring, I
> looked in the hole, no O ring. The new one had an oil ring and I remember
> you said there was one so I looked around in the oil pan and found it
> confirming that I should use an O ring.

Using the wrong service manual is just as bad as using the wrong fluids
and parts. Burn the Haynes (I'm assuming Hayes was a typo as I've never
heard of any such manual) manual and buy a genuine Chrysler manual. If
you do much of your own work, it will pay for itself in a year or two
easily.

Matt