>What the heck. I just unbolt it and down it goes. No banging
>with wood here. why would u want to drain the fluid without
>droping the pan, (drian plug), cause how can u change the
>filter?


Why the hell would I wanna go through all that when I can unscrew a bolt. You don't take off your oil pan to drain the oil I hope. :P
I'm adding a remote mount mounted filter in my engine bay so I get better filtration than the srceen filter in the tranny and also makes it alot easier to change.