3rd Gen Oil Filter Relocation?

Hi, I am looking to see if anyone has done an oil filter relocation on the 5VZ-FEs. Changing the oil filter is a pain in the ass. Yes, I know there are some "tricks" that you can do to make it less messy, but at the end of the day, I want it as easy as my 1st Gen Tundra with the 2UZ-FE. Just a clean, easy to access, vertical oil filter. No mess, No hassle. There's a decent bit of frame space that would be useable for a bracket to relocate, just wondering if others have done it. Any downsides? Any Kits?

 

Unscrew the oil filter with a plastic bag over it so the filter and any oil falls neatly into the bag. Have the new filter prefilled at the ready so you can stop any dripping. This is how I do it on my 3rz without making a mess.

Any relocation kit is another point of failure for leaks. The stock location is sheltered too. I don't think the inconvenience the stock location poses makes it worth the trouble of relocating imo.

 

My friend and I (both mechanical engineers) decided that we are just gonna design some and I’ll machine them. Like I said I know there’s tricks and tips but long term I’d rather have ease of use instead of making a shitty situation less shitty.

 

Be sure to post up your solution once you get them machined/manufactured up, interested to see the results of your work.

 

Its not that hard. Once you do it a few dozen times it gets easier. It is messy, but changing it doesn't seem worth messing with.

 

Again it’s the difference between a want and a need. Do I need to do it? Absolutely not. Do I want to make my life easier and potentially make a well engineered product that others enjoy? Yea that sounds like a good passion project.

 

I'd be interesting to see the results.

I for one, like to be able to change the filter without dropping the skid plate. Pretty sure you'll lose that unless you drill a hole in the skid plate for a socket extension.

 

You drop the skid plate to change your oil filter?

 

No. That's not what I meant. I was saying how I like to do it currently without dropping the skid plate.

If you were to change the oil filter vertically, with just an adapter on the block, I'm guessing to get a oil filter wrench on it, you'd have to drop the skid plate.

 

OK, phew. I thought for a sec I'd been doing it all wrong for 16 years.