"Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote
> Maybe /you/ can do all this with the car on the ground,
> but I've found
> it just about impossible. Maybe it's easier on the Civic.

Maybe.

I admit most of the time I put the car on ramps for a manual
tranny oil change. I guess it was just once or twice I did
it without lifting it in any way. It was not too awful.

>> The smaller bolt's washer is identical to the oil pan
>> washer.
>
>
>
> I did /not/ know that. Neither does my parts guy,
> apparently. And he's
> been with this dealership since 1986.

bkhondaparts.com gives part number 94109-14000 for both the
oil pan washer and the drain plug washer (14 mm for both).

> But I must say, it is passing strange that neither tranny
> bolt has
> stripped in seventeen years (that's 17 R&R's), and neither
> is leaking
> after that same length of time.

Maybe 'cause tranny oil is not changed as often as engine
oil?